On January 4, I spoke about empathy and its role in ethical living.  The link below will take you to a Google Video on empathy -- it's definitely a "rough, rough cut" as the producer has begun by putting together about 30 clips of Obama talking about empathy.

Have we ever had a leader, I wonder, who understands so much about empathy -- not "I feel your pain" but "I can try to connect with you because we are both human beings"?

• Barack Obama and Empathy - Rough Cut 1

What do you think?  How might empathy in the White House make a difference in the ethics of our country, of the world?