Paul Bloom argued we should replace empathy with rational compassion http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/37456?in=06:23&out=12:52 …
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Replying to @oreil_m
He'd say I'm talking abt cognitive empathy. Fine. But dividing this word makes it hard to use & there's not a replacement.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @oreil_m
Also it doesn't quite work. I can try to feel what others feel emotionally & still decide that compassion is not the right response
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Replying to @HPluckrose
There's a lot in this. Though I think Bloom is mostly referring to removing empathy when it comes to moral decision making.
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Replying to @oreil_m
Not sure how we can make moral decisions without taking into account how things make ppl feel.Trump win assisted by lack of empathy
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Replying to @HPluckrose
He discusses this point in the interview. Arguably Trump used empathy for his own advantage during campaign.
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Replying to @oreil_m
I suspect this is essentially a semantic issue but I think some semantics are more useful than others for discussing things.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
No, there appears to be a conceptual distinction too. See discussion at 13 mins
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Replying to @oreil_m
Yes but it all comes down to defining empathy as something other than 'understanding how people feel on an emotional level.'
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Replying to @HPluckrose @oreil_m
He's presenting empathy as something that motivates us to help some not others. It needn't. Separating from compassion. Well, yes
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I don't understand empathy as he describes it & possibly that's my mistake. But its only become difficult to discuss lately.
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