• philosloppy@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    the problem is that he was wrong; Empathy is a good thing. You are embodying his shitty ideology by not having empathy. That doesn’t mean you gotta suddenly like the guy or not call out his shitty ideology, but don’t let yourself get dragged down into the septic tank and get covered in the shit.

    I’ll gladly die on this hill, get at me nerds

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      2 months ago

      Some people say empathy, tolerance, & inclusion are strictly moral values. However this misses that they are also a social contract lest we end up in the paradox of tolerance.

      Kirk had none for those outside his in-group. Those outside his in-group owe him none in return.

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          2 months ago

          Exactly the opposite. We should have empathy, tolerance, and inclusiveness for all, unless people choose to exclude themselves from that collective. I’m saying those who only have parochial empathy shouldn’t expect to receive empathy from others they’ve already cut themselves off from, and it’s not something those they shut out to be shamed for that they experienced the repercussions of their actions.

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            2 months ago

            You are describing parochial empathy, with the caveat that somehow you think it’s different when you do it.

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              You are describing parochial empathy, with the caveat that somehow you think it’s different when you do it.

              No parochial empathy is when an in-group only has empathy for the in-group and none for any out-groups.

              The resolution to the paradox of tolerance does not require individuals in a group to only experience empathy for other individuals in their group.

              Instead members of groups that adhere to the social contract or peace treaty of tolerance all feel empathy for each other.

              Only when an individual, individuals, or a group of people break the social contract or peace treaty are they no longer protected by it. Every individual in the groups still being tolerant still feel empathy for each other across group lines.

              This is so the groups that practice tolerance can defend themselves from a group that has chosen to be intolerant. Such as the Nazis killing minority groups in WWII.

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                2 months ago

                or a group of people break the social contract

                That’s what most here are doing. Should everyone in this group who celebrates breaking of the social contract be fair game for reprisal? You see the issue with this parochial approach to empathy?