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Originally Posted by Kizzy
What a ridiculous notion of course we are, we have sympathy, empathy, compassion, a conscience and free will to express any or all of those.
The suggestion that we are human echo chambers or only interested in what happens in our own circle of trust is a very insular , modern and in the main media driven concept.
I would go as far as to say if you can't express a full range of human emotions for the plight of suffering strangers, then that in itself is indicative of some defective thought and reasoning process.
Do you consider that only those regard themselves marginalised have a reason to care, and if not they don't?
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That's why I said SOME people, those who go to extremes...and I also said that people aren't THAT wired to others sufferings as much as they are to their own,
not that they don't care at all.
It's human nature and called the survival instinct. How many would go to the extreme of dying for a stranger? Not many. How many would donate all their money and belongings to a cause and starve? Not many. No, their own well being is more important to them, right?
Also, people who have true empathy don't leave it behind when they get behind a computer screen. True empathy isn't reserved for certain groups, it should extent to all. A lot is revealed when people are anonymous, like unkindness and nastiness.
There is empathy and then there is over - zealousness and combativeness.