At a humanitarian changewashing event. They're trying to be empathy-led, which is a disaster when tons of kids are dying. Empathy is toxic.
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It's an absolutely terrible guide to making decisions about saving lives and reducing suffering, though.
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Empathy is the reason Brits plow millions into a donkey sanctuary rather than saving people: theguardian.com/money/2008/apr
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Empathy is the enemy of triage; you need a passion for saving lives, but you also need a clear head.
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Doctors and surgeons aren't known for their hand-wringing and shared suffering in an emergency. There are good reasons for that.
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Empathy is vital to understanding where a person might be hurt, emotionally. It's secondary with a gunshot wound or mass starvation...
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At a very basic moral and ethical level, you shouldn't need to empathize with someone to not want them to suffer. That's just egocentric.