The empathy necessary to imagine the state of mind of someone who has just lost someone that they looked up to is not really that deep. You're laying out a stra

The empathy necessary to imagine the state of mind of someone who has just lost someone that they looked up to is not really that deep. You're laying out a straw man here. I'm not saying that people are required to have empathy with everyone. Nonetheless it's not unrealistic to expect some for a relatively common situation (death).