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Comment author:Jacobian
09 October 2016 12:09:34PM
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I am very much in favor of "expanding the circle of empathy". My thesis is that this consists of supplanting your emotional empathy (who your heart beats in harmony with naturally) with cognitive empathy (who your brain tells you is worthy of empathy even if you don't really feel their Tajik feelings).
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I am very much in favor of "expanding the circle of empathy". My thesis is that this consists of supplanting your emotional empathy (who your heart beats in harmony with naturally) with cognitive empathy (who your brain tells you is worthy of empathy even if you don't really feel their Tajik feelings).