Conor Duffy

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The idea I’ll explore is that the act of feeling what you think others are feeling—whatever one chooses to call this—is different from being compassionate, from being kind, and most of all, from being good. From a moral standpoint, we’re better off without it.
Conor Duffy
Okay, so my initial impression is that I agree with the first sentence here but have reservations about the second.
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion
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