Anthropomorphism? I think not. All known organisms that think have emotions. Advanced animals demonstrate empathy.

Now, certainly it might be possible that an advanced civilization might arise that is non-sentient, and thus incapable of modeling other's psyche empathetically. I will admit to the possibility of anthropocentrism in my statements here; that is, in my inability to conceive of a mechanism whereby technological intelligence could arise without passing through a route that produces intelligences sufficiently like our own as to possess the characteristic of 'empathy'.

It's one thing to postulate counter-factuals; it's another altogether to actually attempt to legitimize them with sound reasoning.