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Empathy is feeling what others feel. In other words, if I hurt you, I not only understand that you are hurt, I would be hurt myself. Psychopaths are incapable
by incrudible 6y ago
Empathy is feeling what others feel. In other words, if I hurt you, I not only understand that you are hurt, I would be hurt myself.
Psychopaths are incapable of empathy, but it would make sense if lack of empathy were advantageous from an evolutionary perspective.
- alexpetralia 6y agoIsn't this sympathy?
- incrudible 6y agoQuoting Wikipedia: The words sympathy and empathy are often used interchangeably, but the two terms now have fairly distinct meanings. [...] One popular and recent conception of the distinction is that sympathy represents "a feeling of care and concern for someone, often someone close, accompanied by a wish to see him better off or happier," while empathy represents "a person's ability to recognize and share the emotions of another person, fictional character, or sentient being."