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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      FFS. My point was not about empathy anyway but it's alarming how many people think empathy cannot occur across identity groups.

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    2. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      I find the opposite. I have a unique neurological condition. No-one else has it. I tell ppl how it makes me feel. They empathise easily.

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    3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      They have none of the symptoms but they can imagine what it feels like when I tell them & how frustrating the disablement must be.

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    4. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      Because we share human experiences. We know headaches & dizziness are not nice & how much we rely on being able to see straight.

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    5. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      Its even easier to imagine what fear, anger, pain, alienation, isolation feel like because we have all felt this to some degree at some time

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    6. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      This does not mean we should think we're all on a level playing field with those things & I don't think we need to to empathise with them.

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    7. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      The assumption seems to be that if we do empathise with others whilst being more fortunate than them, we deny that we are more fortunate. No

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    8. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      It is not privileged & entitled for me to empathise with a gay boy who is being bullied whilst not being gay, a boy or bullied.

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    9. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      He can describe feelings I share because I am a human & I can imagine what it must be like to feel that intensely every day.

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    10. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      I won't be having his experience but I will be empathising with it. It's not even in my control. I couldn't *not* empathise with it.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

      As Iona said, anyone who has sobbed over a book or film set in a different time or place has experienced empathy.pic.twitter.com/zXaAix0OvL

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        1. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017

          It's ludicrous to think our shared humanity, our empathy & our compassion for people who differ from us are a hindrance to social justice.

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        2. H. Robert Baker, Dr., Ph.D., et al.‏ @FugitiveProf 5 Sep 2017
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          Yes, but I would caution against sentimentality becoming a stand in for empathy. Too complicated an idea for twitter, though.....

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        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 5 Sep 2017
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          Absolutely.

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