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uufreespirit
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Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:11 am Post subject: Empathy as the key to morality

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"The reason that I believe morality is impossible without empathy is that I cannot imagine what possible value any morality could have if it is not ultimately based on empathy (though I’m open to reconsider that if someone would give me a single example to prove that opinion wrong)..."

-- I really enjoyed this op/ed piece from over at the Democratic Underground website. Maybe I can get a copy of the book that he talks about, by George Lakoff, called "Whose Freedom -- The Battle over America’s Most Important Ideal." Here's the link to this article from "Time for Change";

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Time%20for%20change/328

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