This would be a lack of cognitive empathy.

We might liken cognitive empathy to radar, where other people's feelings are suddenly detectable.

The court's interpretative exercise required a degree of cognitive empathy.

This was determined using the empathy quotient, which has three main scales: cognitive empathy, emotional reactivity, and social skills.

Specifically, the inferior frontal gyrus appears to be responsible for emotional empathy, and the ventromedial prefrontal gyrus seems to mediate cognitive empathy.