Homo Empathicus : On Scapegoats, Populists, and Saving Democracy

How societies can preserve democracy with a human-directed social contract

To restore the values of liberal democracy, the author proposes a “truly human social contract” supported by a narrative of empathy. The basis of such a contract is a new view of civil and social rights as an expression of human dignity, with economic factors understood as moral concerns, not just as a matter of who gets the most.