“if you don’t have a native capability to care for others but you emulate such a capability, you’re no asshole in my book.”
Why should I want to emulate such a capability?
To make the world a better place, perhaps?
All right: why should my definition of ‘better’ involve caring for others?
Well, if you really don’t care at all for other people, I don’t think there’s much I can do to bring you around. All I can say is that suffering is suffering and pleasure is pleasure, even if you aren’t the one experiencing it.
“if you don’t have a native capability to care for others but you emulate such a capability, you’re no asshole in my book.”
Why should I want to emulate such a capability?
To make the world a better place, perhaps?
All right: why should my definition of ‘better’ involve caring for others?
Well, if you really don’t care at all for other people, I don’t think there’s much I can do to bring you around. All I can say is that suffering is suffering and pleasure is pleasure, even if you aren’t the one experiencing it.