Empathy is a defining aspect of being human It’s not just caring for others, it’s the ability to experience their emotions second hand This is why books and films are so entertaining. Empathy gives us the power to not only watch or read something, but to actively feel it (VR?)
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Not a “defining aspect”. I imagine some great apes, maybe even dogs and other mammals experience “empathy”. Compassion is closer to being an aspect. But it’s *an aspect of* what defines us as people: our universal capacity to construct explanations.
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Super interesting addition. Thanks for this
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