A related point here is that it is entirely possible to imagine scenarios where terrible things are done in the name of felt compassion.
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@cathyby@PhilosophyExp Not suggesting it's a good idea so much as inevitable. May be impossible to disentangle emotion from "reason".
@PartiallyExLife @cathyby Yeah, that is quite possibly true - cf., Damasio's work with patient's such as "Elliot", for example.