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Old 11-12-2009, 05:37 PM #105
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Originally Posted by MissKittyFantastico View Post
So you're saying that because I would take a 1/1000 risk of somebody dying by me pressing a button ONCE, that I have ZERO empathy for anybody but myself and people I care about? And the question didn't offer the option of ME personally dying. Of course I value the people closest to me more than a perfect stranger, don't you?! That's only natural surely? Doesn't mean I can't feel empathy for anyone else, that's just silly.
You're playing with others lives carelessly if you choose to push that button, which is in direct conflict with psychology,where the primary aim is to eleviate the troubles of others. One has to have a profound love for the preciousness and astonishing variety and beauty found in life to pursue a career like that. But sure that applies to humanity too. We'd be still sleeping in our own faeces if it wasn't for our humanity.
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