Those definitions of “empathy” are, however, totally inconsistent with Ben’s mention of mirror neurons; so I doubt that this is what he had in mind.
(Your argument is actually problematic for several other reasons, but the aforesaid inconsistency makes your points inapplicable, so it’s not necessary to spend the time to demonstrate the other problems.)
Those definitions of “empathy” are, however, totally inconsistent with Ben’s mention of mirror neurons; so I doubt that this is what he had in mind.
(Your argument is actually problematic for several other reasons, but the aforesaid inconsistency makes your points inapplicable, so it’s not necessary to spend the time to demonstrate the other problems.)