The Importance of Empathy

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I think it's a little bit simplistic because other people might be different than you, right? That's why Kant, when he was formulating the categorical imperative, was trying to be a little bit more sophisticated about it. The basic idea is that we should act as if there is some inherent dignity in other human beings. When you say it and people are going to nod along, then you can get into edge cases.

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