I don't think we can ever have too much empathy The deeper you feel, the more you are moved to positive action And, it's how we define a moral life Without it we are destructive, directionless, and inhuman
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(Far from moving people, too much empathy clouds judgement: it blinds people to actual solutions. Caught up in the emotion, they leave behind reason that can help those suffering. Hence *compassion*: a loving species of kindness that is at once detached and (so) moved to action).
I get you, butttt I also feel like compassion wouldn't exist without empathy? When we feel others pain vicariously, we want to protect them for it just add we would ourselves. Anyway, I was considering them here as one and the same
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If you are using them that way: ok. What people typically mean is something like “I feel your pain”. It’s about feelings. Feelings are useful sometimes: but just as a *rough* guide because they’re hazardously misleading. Hence the need for *thoughtful* kindness (compassion). :)
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@Deeyah_Khan - It can be helpful to have empathy in that sense -not to collude with unproductive behaviour - rather to gain trust and make reason more accessible.
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