(March 13, 2016 at 8:49 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(March 13, 2016 at 8:12 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Because thanks to evolution, biology, and genetics, I feel empathy. Empathy drives most of us.Empathy is one of many emotional responses to circumstances. People also feel fear, anger, contempt, and loyalty. In-group loyalty is a particularly strong evolved emotional response. By what criteria do you priviledge empathy over all other evolved responses?
I don't privilege it over other evolved responses. That was not my claim.
Nay_Sayer: “Nothing is impossible if you dream big enough, or in this case, nothing is impossible if you use a barrel of KY Jelly and a miniature horse.”
Wiser words were never spoken.
Wiser words were never spoken.