2026-09-19 09:13 UTC
So… we can care hugely about one suffering person, while staying blind to the system that keeps producing suffering people.
We can be moved by an individual story, while ignoring the data.
We can feel deeply for somebody we identify with, while extending little understanding to somebody whose behaviour, background, language, or way of thinking is unfamiliar to us.
And we then mistake the intensity of that feeling for morality itself.
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@KatyElphinstone@mas.to 2026-09-19 09:14
I read recently that in societies where empathy increases, justice decreases. It puzzled me at first, but it makes sense. Philanthropy is all about compassion and empathy – giving. But that doesn't make it fair. In fact, often it’s another way of making sure some are benefactors and can feel great about themselves, while others are poor and crushed and have to feel permanently grateful if they get anything at all. ⬇️ #MoralPsychology #AutisticThinking #Justice #Logic #Reasoning