Empathy

Empath redirects here; for the TOS episode with a similar title, please see "The Empath".

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Empathy was the capacity to understand and feel the feelings and emotions of another person from their perspective or point of view. It could also refer to a type of extrasensory perception in which one can directly detect the emotions of another; such an individual was known as an empath. Empathic powers were often associated with telepathy.

Species

Species in which empathic abilities were normal included the Betazoids (and Betazoid hybrids), Deltans, Haliians, Kwejians, Lumerians, and Napeans. (Star Trek: The Motion Picture; TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint", "Man Of The People", "Aquiel", "Eye of the Beholder"; DIS: "The Sanctuary")

Gem's species was empathic, and further possessed the ability to transfer the wounds of others onto themselves. (TOS: "The Empath") In Kelpiens, empathy was a defining trait hard-wired in their DNA, linked to their ganglia responding to shifts in their environment. (DIS: "An Obol for Charon")

History

In 2259, La'an Noonien-Singh noted that the Federation taught that if a way was found to empathize with an enemy then one day they could become friends. She considered this wrong, because she believed some things in the universe, such as the Gorn, were evil. (SNW: "Memento Mori")

In 2365, Deanna Troi described Doctor Katherine Pulaski's greatest medical skill to be her empathy. (TNG: "The Icarus Factor")

In 2366, Reginald Barclay created a hologram of Deanna Troi, named the "Goddess of Empathy". (TNG: "Hollow Pursuits")

Berlinghoff Rasmussen claimed to Deanna Troi in 2368 that some of his closest friends were empaths. (TNG: "A Matter Of Time")

In 2373, Kes told The Doctor, who was malfunctioning, that empathy and kindness were basic to all forms of life. (VOY: "Darkling")

Appendices

Appearances

This list is for empathic abilities, not for basic empathy. All the Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes listed here with empathy is done by Deanna Troi, unless otherwise stated. Troi uses her empathic abilities in roughly half (49 percent) of TNG's 178 episodes.

• TOS:
  • "Wolf in the Fold" (Season 2)
  • "The Empath" (Season 3)
• TNG:
  • "Encounter at Farpoint" (Pilot, Season 1)
  • "The Naked Now"
  • "Code of Honor"
  • "The Last Outpost"
  • "Where No One Has Gone Before"
  • "Lonely Among Us"
  • "Justice"
  • "The Battle"
  • "Haven"
  • "Angel One"
  • "Too Short A Season"
  • "When The Bough Breaks"
  • "Home Soil"
  • "The Arsenal of Freedom"
  • "Symbiosis"
  • "Skin Of Evil" (Troi & Armus)
  • "We'll Always Have Paris"
  • "Conspiracy"
  • "The Child" (Season 2, Troi & Ian)
  • "Where Silence Has Lease"
  • "Elementary, Dear Data"
  • "The Outrageous Okona"
  • "Loud As A Whisper"
  • "The Schizoid Man"
  • "Unnatural Selection"
  • "The Dauphin"
  • "Contagion"
  • "The Royale"
  • "Time Squared"
  • "The Icarus Factor"
  • "Q Who"
  • "Samaritan Snare"
  • "Up The Long Ladder"
  • "Manhunt"
  • "The Emissary"
  • "Shades of Gray"
  • "Evolution" (Season 3)
  • "The Survivors"
  • "The Bonding"
  • "The Enemy"
  • "The Price" (Troi & Ral)
  • "The Defector"
  • "The Hunted"
  • "Deja Q"
  • "A Matter of Perspective"
  • "The Offspring"
  • "Allegiance"
  • "Tin Man" (Troi & Tam)
  • "Sarek"
  • "Transfigurations"
  • "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (Season 4)
  • "Suddenly Human"
  • "Legacy"
  • "Future Imperfect" (fake Troi uses empathic powers)
  • "The Loss"
  • "Clues"
  • "Night Terrors"
  • "The Drumhead"
  • "The Host"
  • "The Mind's Eye"
  • "Redemption"
  • "Darmok" (Season 5)
  • "Ensign Ro"
  • "Silicon Avatar"
  • "Disaster"
  • "Unification I"
  • "A Matter Of Time"
  • "Hero Worship"
  • "Violations"
  • "Conundrum"
  • "Power Play"
  • "Cost Of Living"
  • "The Perfect Mate" (Kamala)
  • "The Next Phase"
  • "Time's Arrow"
  • "Realm Of Fear" (Season 6)
  • "Man Of The People"
  • "Chain Of Command, Part I"
  • "Face Of The Enemy"
  • "Starship Mine"
  • "Second Chances" (mention only)
  • "Timescape"
  • "Descent"
  • "Descent, Part II" (Season 7)
  • "Gambit, Part I"
  • "Gambit, Part II"
  • "Dark Page"
  • "Attached" (Picard felt Beverly's fear of heights)
  • "Sub Rosa"
  • "Eye of the Beholder"
  • "All Good Things..."
• DS9:
  • "The Forsaken"
  • "Fascination"
• VOY:
  • "Life Line"
  • "Inside Man"
• PIC: "Nepenthe" (Troi attempted to read Soji Asha's emotions, but was unable to do so)

See also

• Empathic metamorph
• Mind meld
• Radical empathy

External link

• Empathy at Wikipedia