Right, that's a very basic level of compassion/charity/"the eleemosynary imperative"https://twitter.com/bootleggirl/status/843610512013348864 …
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The moral duty to give a shit abt others doesn't depend on understanding their feelings (empathy) or actually sharing them (sympathy)
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I mean I think you should try to understand others to the extent that you are able (empathy) but it's a limited capacity in all of us
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And people confuse both of these ideas with actually emotionally feeling bad for ppl (sympathy), which no one has a right to demand
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Your actual emotions are an unpredictable product of your self and your relationships, they're not at anyone's beck and call
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