The claim here seems more limited; that empathy gets us beyond the view from here, and that without it we would be unable to do so.
Sounds nice, but it's likely bollox. No reason to suppose empathy will engender a view from nowhere. Might well do the opposite. (Empathy is a terribly bad foundation for moral judgement, for example.)https://twitter.com/seanmcarroll/status/979782811820417024 …
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The without it we would be unable to do so bit is entirely untrue.
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Maybe, lacking empathy may not lead to universalising our own experience or perspectives; but without empathy, I doubt we would ever get beyond our own experience and perspectives.
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Hmmm. Not convinced. I think it's possible to understand that other people have their own internal worlds, etc., and that things follow from that - without being able to imagine ourselves in their (internal) world.
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Empathy isn’t hidden, a dimension, or rationality. But tempered by certain parameters it can form an intuitively attractive and coherent approach to ethics.
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