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[+] [S] -2 points 8 months ago (27 children)
  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago* (12 children)

    I think the point they were making is that a decent support system is not the sole determining factor as your post suggests.

    Even your counterarguments rest on the assumption that this is true. You suggest that if it's not a support system they must be "inherently" good or evil, completely ignoring the more likely possibility that there are countless other variables that could factor into what kind of person someone becomes.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (13 children)

    You don't have to be shown. All it takes to be a good person is empathy. All it takes to be a bad one is its lack.

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  • [+] [S] 8 points 8 months ago (12 children)
  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    They may experience it differently, but if they can act on it, they will be good people. Without being able to act on empathy, no matter how you perceive it, you cannot be good, and refusing to act with empathy towards people and other lives on earth is bad.

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  • [+] [S] 4 points 8 months ago (8 children)
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (5 children)

    🤷‍♂️ Yeah, kinda. What metric are you using?

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  • [+] [S] 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (3 children)

    But why is it a beneficial for other humans to be happy? Why do you like that? That is empathy.

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