"I don’t deny the lure of empathy. It is often irresistible to try to
feel the world as others feel it, to vicariously experience their
suffering, to listen to our hearts. It really does seem like a gift, one
that enhances the life of the giver. The alternative—careful reasoning
mixed with a more distant compassion—seems cold and unfeeling. The main
thing to be said in its favor is that it makes the world a better place."
--"The Perils of Empathy," The Wall Street Journal, by Paul Bloom
(http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-perils-of-empathy-1480689513)
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