(January 29, 2016 at 4:18 pm)Drich Wrote:(January 28, 2016 at 2:56 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: But empathy is just not as simple a concept as 'you are either taught it or not.' To a degree, our species is hard wired for it, probably for evolutionarily advantageous reasons. I've posted this article before but I'll offer it to you as well.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the...ce-empathy
Do you argue that empathy is not controllable on a societal level? if it is controlled, it can be taught.
Well...I'm not arguing society -versus- human nature in regards to empathy. I'm arguing that to approach empathy from this type of binary perspective is to oversimplify it, and it is not an accurate reflection of reality. Does that make sense?
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Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.
