A Time for Empathy

Published: Dec. 17, 2010, 8:55 p.m.

Joan Bakewell contrasts our empathy for fictional characters on the stage and on screen with a reported growing lack of sympathy for real people in need. When the prevailing culture is one of self-regard and narcissism the quiet work of charities deserves all the more applause.\nProducer: Sheila Cook.