Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of…

Peter Singer
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Were we incapable of empathy – of putting ourselves in the position of others and seeing that their suffering is like our own – then ethical reasoning would lead nowhere. If emotion without reason is blind, then reason without emotion is impotent. ✨ Writings on an Ethical Life. Book by Peter Singer, November 21, 2000.
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