[dmix]

Those are good examples of the author's ability for empathy but I believe this article is delving more into the function of art as a method to promote empathy to the audience (from author to the reader via art).

Although the two may be somewhat in sync as it requires empathy to promote it.

[davidb_]

Fair point. I probably should have found a better quote from Pinker. I chose him as his books "The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined" and "Enlightenment Now" seem to put forward the ideas of art as a vehicle for empathy that the author of this article is discussing.