RE: Does religion expose the shortcomings of empathy based moral systems
December 2, 2017 at 1:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2017 at 1:47 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
I'd say that religious belief exploits empathy to counterproductive ends, personally. Religion works on and because of that stuff, not against it or in spite of it.
It circumscribes what you are to be empathetic about and how your empathy is to manifest itself.
"If there is no god....what happens to the evildooers who get away, wheres the justice?"
It circumscribes what you are to be empathetic about and how your empathy is to manifest itself.
"If there is no god....what happens to the evildooers who get away, wheres the justice?"
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