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“the nation apparently continues to suffer from a lack of empathy, a deficit exemplified by, among other things, fresh waves of antisemitism …. a growing movement of evangelicals has a different take. To them, the nation suffers, not from a deficit of empathy, but an excess of it.” - C.Leaders

Discussion

Thu, 05/29/25

It strikes me that the article, which juxtaposes works critical of a lack of empathy with works critical of a surplus of empathy, really ought to be written in terms of a lack of thinking. In the case of a surplus of empathy, what we have is the (rightful) observation that something is painful, but without the discipline to think through why people are hurting. In the case of a supposed lack of empathy, what I've really seen is that people aren't thinking through the moral issues there, either.

At least I think that worthwhile empathy ought to flow from a good appraisal of the situation in thinking!

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.