incapable empathy – putting position others seeing suffering like – et — Peter Singer, Writings Ethical Life

Peter Singer Writings on an Ethical Life

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Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then ethical reasoning would lead nowhere. If emotion without reason is blind, then reason without emotion is impotent.

Peter Singer, Writings on an Ethical Life

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