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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:46 PM Original message |
Why Should Simple Empathy Have To Be Taught To Supposed Adults? |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why is Ethics 101 no longer a Business degree requirement? |
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ihavenobias (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Most programs don't have some type of ethics course requirement? n/t |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They used to. |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:44 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. I have a course book from my college dayz "an ethics for the affluent"....it was ONLY in paperback |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Of course, but the mere fact that it is completely absent from the Business debate |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #33 |
44. Yes, you're correct, but whom can we trust to teach ethics anymore? |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That is why this will be a global depression |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:46 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Hmmm........ n/t |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. empathy has to be taught, only to children |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Exactly! |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
51. The thing is, empathy is easily observed in young children ... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. "Why should empathy have to be taught to adults?" |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have you listened to right-wing hate radio lately? |
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Qutzupalotl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
66. In short, they exist to rationalize avarice. n/t |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
6. I don't really know, but... |
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mrcheerful (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Dude these are the same people that stand there watching their drunk neighbor beat the snot out of |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. I have been trying to research and learn about this for years now |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. A good start down that path |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. Being a high-function autistic who suposedly "has no empathy" I'm always telling people that... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I don't know much about this, but |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Odin2005, you really should get out more often. Join a Democratic county group, |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
37. I think you are mixing up compassion and sympathy with empathy, which are different things. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:22 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Agreed. n/t |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Not really. Many of those folks I described do those compassionate deeds BECAUSE they |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. I'm sending you a PM |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:58 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Please do! |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. so few teachers? |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
11. Because we haven't really evolved very far from animals. |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
50. How true. |
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cabluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:05 PM Response to Reply #11 |
65. Overpopulation: the elephant in the room no one talks about. nt |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
12. It's the same reason humanity created a "Vengeful God" |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I think Tahiti Nut is on to something |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #15 |
38. Good observation and I agree. n/t |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
27. #1 Is Spot On |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
16. Because no one helped them learn it when they were young. n/t |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
18. if you knew my ex you wouldn't have to ask that question |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. It is part of what is called the "mirror Gene". Dogs have it. Some cats have it. Some people |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. BrklynLiberal, the study you site certainly jives with what I have experienced in a number |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Good info. Thanks. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #19 |
39. They are grouping us autistics with puke assholes? Fuck that! |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
21. It's too diverse a pool to feel empathy for ALL of them. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 10:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. a little balance to the guilt-tripping is nice. thank you. nt |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:10 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yeah, wouldn't want you to feel bad. |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. don't be a jerk , ok? where's your empathy? nt. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:59 AM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Why do some people's empathy come with such rigid strings... |
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tomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #52 |
62. who's judging whom? |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. I understand that not all of this group deserves compassion. You can always find a few people |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. Both extremes (in fact, all extremes) are silly. |
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iamjoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. I Feel Empahty For Them |
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cilla4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. Would we have gone "there"? |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-01-09 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
30. Perception management... |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. Perceptive post |
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omega minimo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
40. Reaganism |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:49 AM Response to Original message |
47. the banks that push mortgages they know can never be repaid . . . |
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Berry Cool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
49. My Republican coworkers are like this. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
53. Empathy vs Sympathy |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. I know the difference. You seem a little pissed. Did you read the post? |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #54 |
60. I Have a Tendency To Be That Way |
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20score (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:15 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. You rock!! |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
55. Wow. The person with Empathy can't figure out why other's don't have empathy. |
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punkin87 (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. I don't think he saying there aren't assholes. |
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Profprileasn (127 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
57. Empathy |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
58. What amazes me more is how many supposed Christians |
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fed_up_mother (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
59. I feel sorry for most of them. We all do stupid things, sometimes. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
63. It's not about empathy. The Corporate media was just worried that we might start blaming the rich, |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
64. because we are mostly morally bankrupt |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
67. Except it's not just 'RW blogs'; it's DU too. Certain pieces of human garbage here were all too |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
68. Television, the drug of our nation. Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation. |
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