Joshua’s review of The Sin of Empathy: Compassion and Its Counterfeits > Likes and Comments
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Books that take normal and necessary human traits and spin them into failings…I feel like there’s a super popular one but I can’t remember the name right now.
I see you didn’t actually read the whole book, or I hope you didn’t because if you did you have pretty poor reading comprehension.
Tell us you didn't read the whole book without telling us.
Completely missed the point of always having to be edgy and falsely progressing to infinite realms while casting off previous understandings, without so much as an inkling of reason or justification. Sometimes compassion is all that's needed without the steroidal impact of overly obsessing with emotions. As if a clown could feel the pain of the mime, and yes it is a manipulation when the herd judges those that choose a more correct path-to them. Not seeing that or arguing against it, is akin to condemnation for other's beliefs. An all-too-common practice in these biased and scrutinizing times. Thumbs down 👎🏼 on this review.
I love that all these commenters are proving your point for you! Always helpful to have 'how not to' examples to point out. Instead of reading this book, perhaps they should read the Bible, which tells us to weep with those who weep and mourn with those who mourn, not just pretend to in order to make them Christians.
Empathy may not be a sin (any more than lustful desire during mating season is) since it’s a natural animal response, especially for social/pack animals. But empathy is not compassion and not an “all good” like we’ve constantly been told.
Empathy is connected to the pain centers in our brain while compassion is connected to the love centers. Thus empathy is basically selfish (“I feel your pain”) while compassion is selfless (“I will take on and share your pain”). In practice it feels like they are degrees of engagement with others along a spectrum, but I cannot imagine someone really harming another when motivated by true compassion while empathy is what causes mass hysteria of those trying to right painful social wrongs like lynchings, soccer-fan riots, anti-ICE protests and wars…
You either did not read this book or didn't read it well.
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Books that take normal and necessary human traits and spin them into failings…I feel like there’s a super popular one but I can’t remember the name right now.
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I see you didn’t actually read the whole book, or I hope you didn’t because if you did you have pretty poor reading comprehension.
Tell us you didn't read the whole book without telling us.
Completely missed the point of always having to be edgy and falsely progressing to infinite realms while casting off previous understandings, without so much as an inkling of reason or justification. Sometimes compassion is all that's needed without the steroidal impact of overly obsessing with emotions. As if a clown could feel the pain of the mime, and yes it is a manipulation when the herd judges those that choose a more correct path-to them. Not seeing that or arguing against it, is akin to condemnation for other's beliefs. An all-too-common practice in these biased and scrutinizing times. Thumbs down 👎🏼 on this review.
I love that all these commenters are proving your point for you! Always helpful to have 'how not to' examples to point out. Instead of reading this book, perhaps they should read the Bible, which tells us to weep with those who weep and mourn with those who mourn, not just pretend to in order to make them Christians.
Empathy may not be a sin (any more than lustful desire during mating season is) since it’s a natural animal response, especially for social/pack animals. But empathy is not compassion and not an “all good” like we’ve constantly been told.Empathy is connected to the pain centers in our brain while compassion is connected to the love centers. Thus empathy is basically selfish (“I feel your pain”) while compassion is selfless (“I will take on and share your pain”). In practice it feels like they are degrees of engagement with others along a spectrum, but I cannot imagine someone really harming another when motivated by true compassion while empathy is what causes mass hysteria of those trying to right painful social wrongs like lynchings, soccer-fan riots, anti-ICE protests and wars…
You either did not read this book or didn't read it well.
