By “empathy,” some people mean everything that is good - compassion, kindness, warmth, love, being a mensch, changing the world - and I'm for all of those things. I'm not a monster.

I think empathy can serve as a moral spark, motivating us to do good things. But anything can be a moral spark.

When people want to inspire you to turn against some group of people, they'll often use empathy.

Over the last few years, I've been focusing on questions having to do with the self, and questions having to do with morality. I'm very interested in why we do good things, or bad things, and where moral judgments come from.

By “empathy,” some people mean everything that is good - compassion, kindness, warmth, love, being a mensch, changing the world - and I'm for all of those things. I'm not a monster.

I think Americans are always going to care more about Americans than about Mexicans.

I have two teenage sons, and they're both surviving, thriving, and having a great time, and they're always on social media.