(December 5, 2015 at 2:46 pm)Divinity Wrote: I'd say it's less a culture of victimhood, and more of a culture of empathy. One where we actually start learning to understand one another, and take into consideration the feelings of others. It's a culture where empathy is valued higher, much like honor is valued higher, and dignity is valued higher in their respective cultures.
It's easy to attach a negative word to any of these cultures. Instead of Culture of Honor you could call it a Culture of Arrogance. Culture of Dignity could be considered the Culture of Apathy. It's all a matter of presentation.
I find it a bit more nuanced than that. I don't read the article as differentiating the moral cultures based on empathy, but rather the reaction to insult or slight; i.e., when there is something to be aggrieved about the empathy is apparently already gone.
Another observation I have made that compels me to not consider the level of empathy as a source of difference between moral cultures is that the response of students and faculty in the Culture of Victimhood is immediately vitriolic. It's as if there is an expectation to be on the receiving end of the empathy of others, but reciprocation isn't required.
