"But I think if we could turn the dial a bit, and try to take what the
philosopher Henry Sidgwick called “the point of view of the universe”,
and look from above, and realize that we are not special, none of us
are, I think it would just cause a transformation."
"That something can be used for good isn’t necessarily a knockdown argument for it."
"Here I draw a lot from Buddhism, which focuses on compassion and
kindness, loving kindness, as they call it, but rejects empathy because
it’s a poor moral guide. And I think there’s a lot of evidence
suggesting that they’re right"
"I taught a course called “Habits of Mind” last semester with a friend of
mine, Tamar Gendler, who is a philosopher, and we explored questions
such as the relationship between emotions and reason, and what it is to
live a good life."
"I think we should really discourage this sort of empathic engagement
when it comes to making moral decisions. I think we should focus on
something like compassion, on getting people to care more for others
without putting ourselves in their shoes. I think, for instance, there’s
some evidence that when it comes to being a doctor or nurse, a police
officer or therapist, that empathetic engagement leads to burn-out.
Imagine if you’re dealing with severely ill children, and you felt their
pain all the time, and the pain of their parents—you wouldn’t be able
to do that job for very long. It would kill you. What you need is to
care for them, but have some distance. Pull back. That’s what I’m
arguing for."
Aqui
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