By 'Malignant Empathy" I mean the identification with the oppressed/marginalized, to the point of ignoring the why of their being an outgroup in the first place.
You see it both in mercy for criminals and the 'equity' of the marxists/maoists. In the former case, the one who has done wrong receives empathy, which amounts to injustice towards their victims. In the later case, those who have received an advantage (justly) have it stripped in the name of empathy & 'fairness,' which is unwarranted injustice against those who have done nothing wrong.
I see a likeness in both cases, where an argument from emotion/empathy causes unjust results.
[Edit:I suppose another example would be the unchecked xenophila which leads lefties to support illegal immigration. It's this rose-tinted sort of naivety which blinds to the practical results of favoring outgroups.]
By 'Malignant Empathy" I mean the identification with the oppressed/marginalized, to the point of ignoring the why of their being an outgroup in the first place.
You see it both in mercy for criminals and the 'equity' of the marxists/maoists. In the former case, the one who has done wrong receives empathy, which amounts to injustice towards their victims. In the later case, those who have received an advantage (justly) have it stripped in the name of empathy & 'fairness,' which is unwarranted injustice against those who have done nothing wrong.
I see a likeness in both cases, where an argument from emotion/empathy causes unjust results.
[Edit:I suppose another example would be the unchecked xenophila which leads lefties to support unchecked immigration. It's this rose-tinted sort of naivety which blinds to the practical results of favoring outgroups.]
By 'Malignant Empathy" I mean the identification with the oppressed/marginalized, to the point of ignoring the why of their being an outgroup in the first place.
You see it both in mercy for criminals and the 'equity' of the marxists/maoists. In the former case, the one who has done wrong receives empathy, which amounts to injustice towards their victims. In the later case, those who have received an advantage (justly) have it stripped in the name of empathy & 'fairness,' which is unwarranted injustice against those who have done nothing wrong.
I see a likeness in both cases, where an argument from emotion/empathy causes unjust results.