Perspective-taking and empathy not only reduce the temptation to cheat on a partner, but they also help protect against other relationship-destroying behaviors.
Children of both perpetrators and survivors of genocide display the same ingroup biases of their parents, even though they did not experience the event themselves. This may explain why conflicts can last over generations. The study also suggests it is difficult for survivors and perpetrators to let go of intergroup biases following a tragedy.
People don't tend to like those who show empathy to morally questionable individuals.
Study ties morality and empathy into a single construct.
