The Issues with the Milgram Question and Toxic Compassion

Milgram questions force compliance by posing socially cancerous inquiries where truthful responses are deemed unacceptable, leading to insincerity and speech limitations. Toxic compassion prioritizes short-term emotional comfort over truth and long-term outcomes, resulting in a circular purity spiral and performative empathy online. It hinders rationality, impairs decision-making, and stifles constructive dialogue. By avoiding uncomfortable truths under the guise of empathy, toxic compassion can have detrimental effects on individuals and society at large, fostering insincerity and hindering critical thinking.