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Limits of Empathy in Morality
- Empathy is a natural moral motivator but is limited and can mislead in global or policy decisions.
- Reason and broader moral principles must guide beyond local, parochial empathetic responses.
Empathy Can Lead To Injustice
- Empathy can fuel harmful moral responses like excessive punishment due to victim-focused outrage.
- This explains harsh systems like mass incarceration driven by empathy skewed toward victims.
Empathy Works Locally, Fails Globally
- Empathy is necessary for intimate relationships and law, but it fails in global policymaking requiring impartiality.
- Over-reliance leads to biased decision-making favoring proximate or salient victims.