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In reply to the discussion: Empathy has to flow both ways [View all]Cary
(11,746 posts)35. Look up enlightened self interest
That's not rational selfishness which is Ayn Rand's perversion of the ideology our nation was founded on. Our founders knew that the general welfare referred to in the Preamble of the Constitution was no zero sum game. Our function is to enable everyone to reach their own potential. That requires empathy, one of the most noble of human endeavors, scoffed at and eschewed by Rand.
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I am wrestling with something that has nothing to do with you or what you have said
Cary
May 2018
#19
Empathy doesn't require, nor should a truly empathetic person expect, reciprocation or
EffieBlack
May 2018
#28
Then why do you expect empathy to be returned and feel slighted that it didn't happen?
EffieBlack
May 2018
#39