darsin814

The law of diminishing returns applies to evil. Virtue does not. Therefore, based on return on investment, virtue is more profitable. I think I just plagiarized Stef, by the way.

Hello. I am new to the forum also. I've been listening to FDR off and on since my first Blackberry in 2008 when I searched for philosophy apps. It's intetesting that the day I get accepted into the forum the first post I see in the "introduce yourself" subject is someone from Upstate NY. Schenectady is a drive from Watertown,NY where I am from, but, maybe it means something about FDR and the quest for self-knowledge spreading. On the other hand, the fact that Watertown no longer has a bookstore or a music store for people to hang out in like I used to as a teenager is another sign of the times.

It seems misleading to begin the topic by asking for a quick definition of empathy because it is a "simple task" only to follow, after the long pause of white space, with the "gotcha" that there is no simple definition. Would I toss my daughter the car keys, even though she is too young to drive, and tell her, "It's easy to drive. Come on! Hurry up!" and then after she gets in a car accident tell her "It ain't so easy is it? Psychological theories aren't exactly the same as the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics. I think it is necessary for Stef to use a broader term for empathy rather than always having to clarify what number of the possible definitions he is using. The post was done well and I did learn something new about the different terms for empathy, but, I think most people know the subjective nature of emotions.