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My pretend empathy and guilt is as good as the real thing.

• GhotiFish 13y ago
  No it isn't! Empathy and guilt are signals that you won't put a physical or social knife in my back!
• Houshalter 13y ago
  For utilitarian purposes, sure. But I'm not sure how I feel about someone who would have no problem killing me or torturing me if it was ever a benefit to them. And I'm not sure how I feel about having empathy for someone who can't give it in return.
  • gscott 13y ago
    > I'm not sure how I feel about having empathy for someone who can't give it in return That is always the hard part because at some point pretend empathy always slips up and isn't as deep as real empathy. Some people are able to make up the gap using manipulation (not myself).