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On the whole, it appears that Mr de Waal appreciates this point. "The Age of Empathy" is best seen as a corrective to the idea that all animalshuman and otherwiseare selfish and unfeeling to the core. It offers not only plenty of examples to the contrary, but also some hints as to how and why empathy evolved, and how it might be related to self-awareness. In the case of humans, one might think that it is hardly necessary to get the professional opinion of a zoologist on the matter. Don't we already know that people can be rather good at co-operating, and are not always mercilessly hostile towards their rivals? Yet Mr de Waal does manage to spring some pleasing and intriguing surprises on this score: how many people are aware, for example, that most soldiers are unwilling to fire at the enemy, even in battle? On the other hand, politics can be a much bloodier battleground than war, as any advocate of a "kinder society" soon finds out.

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appreciate 평가하다, 진가를 알다. empathy 感情移入(감정이입).
corrective 較正策(교정책), 中和劑(중화제). to the core 마음 속 까지.
to the contrary 반대로. as to ...에 관해서. evolve 진화하다.
self-awareness 자각, 自意識(자의식). mercilessly 무자비하게.
hostile 적대적인. spring 폭발시키다, 갑자기 알리다, 화제를 꺼내다.
intriguing 흥미 있는. on this score 이점(인간은 항상 이기적이고 적대적이지만은 않다는 것)에 관해서. politics 정치. advocate 옹호자.