In this pivotal fourth episode of the Empathy Series, Piper Harris takes the conversation beyond emotion into the arena of moral reasoning. From Empathy to Ethics challenges the assumption that feeling deeply is the same as being good and asks what happens when conviction outruns discernment.
Through clinical insight, philosophy, and faith, Piper examines how empathy must mature into disciplined ethics, the capacity to act rightly even when it’s uncomfortable. She exposes how moral reasoning forces tension, demands humility, and calls every clinician to test their own biases.
This episode explores:
Why many therapists conflate passion with ethics—and how bias hides behind conviction.
Real moral-reasoning dilemmas that reveal the clash between empathy and discernment.
The neuroscience of ethical decision-making and the “moral muscles” that strengthen integrity.
How faith and philosophy converge: Marcus Aurelius, Gandhi, C.S. Lewis, and Scripture all urging us to test everything; hold fast to what is good.
From Empathy to Ethics : Reclaiming Discernment invites listeners to replace emotional certainty with moral clarity, to choose truth over comfort, and to rebuild integrity where empathy once ruled alone.
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