Empathy is Morality

Empathy is Morality

It isn't. Not always. Not for everyone. Not for me.

But for most , it is and so it is for me too.

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When you have an enemy, when you hate, when you believe that they are wrong and that they bring evil to the world and to you and yours, hatred is easy. It is easy to condemn and to punish, to hurt and kill. It is enjoyable, it is usually expected and it seems right.

Abstract rules are seldom enough to hold back the beast that rages beneath the surface.  Morality is fallible. There's always an excuse, a reason why this case is different. There's always an urge to do as others do, an urge enforced by millennia of natural selection against those who went against their tribe.

Fire fights fire. Love fights hate.

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Less bullshit:

Your moral code can be ignored or changed against your will. It's also much weaker than you think. The millgram experiments and stanford prison experiment seem to confirm this. Don't rely on moral alone to keep you in the light. Rely on emotion. Empathy with other people, understanding and love, is the key to making you think twice when and if the urges to do evil comes. Hatred is bad and something you should avoid.