@vgr Empathy is the belief that altering one's own emotions in solidarity has greater moral value than alleviating another's pain?
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@ctbeiser check out the Against Empathy debate on Boston Review. http://www.bostonreview.net/forum/paul-bloom-against-empathy … - Show replies
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@GabrielDuquette@ctbeiser agreed. Empaths rationalize what they can't help doing, just like individualists have to use willpower to commune -
@vgr@GabrielDuquette@ctbeiser yeah, empathy is a hugely manipulative power whether you act on it automatically or for good or bad. - Show replies
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