Many years back I heard a radiolab podcast that touched on this very topic from a qualitative and scientific perspective. The podcast specifically addressed thi

Many years back I heard a radiolab podcast that touched on this very topic from a qualitative and scientific perspective. The podcast specifically addressed this issue: What is it that happens in a person's mind at that pivotal moment, when they decide to Voluntarily leave a point of safety... And risk their life to extraordinary degree to save the life of another human? https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/how-be-hero https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/how-b... Turns out the more empathetic you are the less likely you are to do acts of heroism like this. And it's interesting as to why this is the case. I recommend people listen the audio or read the transcript because this podcast changed forever the way I think of empathy and morality. It's very much inline with the vox articles conclusion that empathy does not fully equate with morality. But that's not a big deal to me. What was the big deal to me was people who lack empathy and their place in the world and the moral hierarchy.