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[고2] 2025 09월 – 30번: 공감(empathy)이 갈등을 악화시킬 수 있다는 비판적 견해

 

Although empathy is widely praised by scholars and public figures, not everyone is an empathy booster. Critics of empathy argue that empathy will not save us from interpersonal and intergroup conflict. In fact, they argue, empathy makes such conflicts worse. These critics maintain that empathy can be exhausting and lead to burnout or insensitivity to suffering. They argue that we tend to empathize strongly with our in-group and resist empathizing with out-groups, and even enjoy the suffering of out-groups in competitive or threatening contexts. Thus, the prescription for more empathy is often counterproductive in cases of conflict. Empathy, they argue, can further encourage conflict and force us into an us vs. them mentality. Finally, even when we try to empathize with others who are dissimilar from us or in unfamiliar contexts, sometimes we are unable to accurately empathize with their experiences, causing further misunderstandings and frustration. Critics of empathy argue that we should give up on empathy and employ other tools in pursuit of social harmony, e.g., rational compassion or moral emotions like fear, anger, and shame.

 

 

 

[지문 구조 분석]

	내용	문제 지문
문제 제기	공감은 칭찬받지만, 비판자들은 공감이 갈등 해결책이 아니며 오히려 갈등을 악화시킨다고 본다	Although empathy is widely praised by scholars and public figures, not everyone is an empathy booster. Critics of empathy argue that empathy will not save us from interpersonal and intergroup conflict. In fact, they argue, empathy makes such conflicts worse.
근거 1	공감은 피로와 무감각을 불러올 수 있다	These critics maintain that empathy can be exhausting and lead to burnout or insensitivity to suffering.
근거 2	우리는 내집단에 강하게 공감하고 외집단에는 공감을 거부하거나 심지어 고통을 즐길 수 있다	They argue that we tend to empathize strongly with our in-group and resist empathizing with out-groups, and even enjoy the suffering of out-groups in competitive or threatening contexts.
근거 3	낯선 집단이나 상황에서 공감하려 해도 정확히 이해하지 못해 오해와 좌절을 낳을 수 있다	Finally, even when we try to empathize with others who are dissimilar from us or in unfamiliar contexts, sometimes we are unable to accurately empathize with their experiences, causing further misunderstandings and frustration.
결론/대안	비판자들은 공감을 버리고 합리적 연민이나 두려움·분노·수치심 같은 도덕적 감정을 활용해야 한다고 본다	Critics of empathy argue that we should give up on empathy and employ other tools in pursuit of social harmony, e.g., rational compassion or moral emotions like fear, anger, and shame.

 

 

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참고: 4번째 컷은 'us vs. them' mentality로 수정되어야 함

 

 

[원문 비교]

	문제 지문	원문 지문
1	Although empathy is widely praised by scholars and public figures, not everyone is an empathy booster.	Although empathy is widely praised by scholars and public figures, not everyone is an empathy booster.
2	Critics of empathy argue that empathy will not save us from interpersonal and intergroup conflict.	Critics of empathy argue that empathy will not save us from interpersonal and intergroup conflict.
3	In fact, they argue, empathy makes such conflicts worse.	In fact, they argue, empathy makes such conflicts worse.
4	These critics maintain that empathy can be exhausting and lead to burnout or insensitivity to suffering.	These critics maintain that empathy can be exhausting and lead to burnout, numbness to suffering, or worse.
5	They argue that we tend to empathize strongly with our in-group and resist empathizing with out-groups, and even enjoy the suffering of out-groups in competitive or threatening contexts.	They argue that we tend to empathize strongly with our in-group and resist empathizing with out-groups, and even enjoy the suffering of out-groups in competitive or threatening contexts.
6	Thus, the prescription for more empathy is often counterproductive in cases of conflict.	Thus, the prescription for more empathy is often counterproductive in cases of conflict.
7	Empathy, they argue, can further encourage conflict and force us into an us vs. them mentality.	Empathy, they argue, can further entrench conflict and force us into an us vs. them mentality.
8	Finally, even when we try to empathize with others who are dissimilar from us or in unfamiliar contexts, sometimes we are unable to accurately empathize with their experiences, causing further misunderstandings and frustration.	Finally, even when we try to empathize with others who are dissimilar from us or in unfamiliar contexts, sometimes we are unable to accurately empathize with their experiences, causing further misunderstandings and frustration.
9	Critics of empathy argue that we should give up on empathy and employ other tools in pursuit of social harmony, e.g., rational compassion or moral emotions like fear, anger, and shame.	Critics of empathy argue that we should give up on empathy and employ other tools in pursuit of social harmony, e.g., rational compassion or moral emotions like fear, anger, and shame.

 

* 원문 참고 어휘

 

• numbness 무감각 (= insensitivity)
• entrench (변경이 어렵도록) 단단히 자리 잡게 하다 (= encourage)

 

 

 

 

 

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