Empathy Quotient

[chimp3]

Empathy leads to more immorality than morality.

I'd love to hear you make the case that feeling for another's pain leads to more immorality than morality. I just can't see that.

I agree with Chimp about caring on principle. I guess that's how the fictional Vulcans would see it. One does not necessarily need empathy to see the value in providing care to those that need it. It can be rationalized as a worthy endeavor even it doesn't give you warm fuzzies.

Still, I have a hard time seeing how empathizing with another for their pain can rationalized as a bad thing.

I hope I did not portray empathy as a bad idea?