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2016 Postmortem

demosincebirth

(12,542 posts) Sat Mar 24, 2012, 08:01 PM Mar 2012

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People that have no empathy, and "without empathy, anything is permitted. Morality

becomes very subjective and flexible." Does that sound like a certain segment of our society? I am reading this book and this statement jumped right out at me.

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People that have no empathy, and "without empathy, anything is permitted. Morality (Original Post) demosincebirth Mar 2012 OP

Apathy is an art form now. orpupilofnature57 Mar 2012 #1

That would be the front runner denem Mar 2012 #2

That's pretty much the dictionary definition of a sociopath... or a Republican. backscatter712 Mar 2012 #3

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)

1. Apathy is an art form now.

Reply to demosincebirth (Original post)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 08:04 PM

Mar 2012

denem

(11,045 posts)

2. That would be the front runner

Reply to demosincebirth (Original post)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 02:07 PM

Mar 2012

mater of factually,

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)

3. That's pretty much the dictionary definition of a sociopath... or a Republican.

Reply to demosincebirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2012, 03:26 PM

Mar 2012

But I repeat myself.

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