Is it possible to have empathy. but lack ability to put yourself in someone elses shoes?

[Anonymous]

And if so, why is that?

[SueShe]

Empathy and the ability to place yourself in someone else's shoes have nothing really in common.

The definition of the word "empathy" is:

"The ability to understand and share the feelings of another".

I consider myself to be empathic but I could not place myself in the shoes of a criminal for example. Those are totally different and not connected.

Empathy is, to me, the fact that I can feel emotions towards injustice to people and animals and not emotions for a person that causes injustice like a criminal.

You can, however, feel empathy for a person that did something by negligence but not because of wilful harm to someone else.

[Xawyx-2]

No, empathy is like symbolically putting yourself in someone elses shoes.

[In_Trance]

It's the same thing