Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion

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But on the whole, it’s a poor moral guide. It grounds foolish judgements and often motivates indifference and cruelty. It can lead to irrational and unfair political decisions, it can corrode certain important relationships, such as between a doctor and a patient, and make us worse at being friends, parents, husbands, and wives.

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