Law in Contemporary Society

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EmpathyAndTheLaw 6 - 02 Apr 2010 - Main.AmandaBell
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 I am lucky, in that my name begins with a C and Eben edited my paper a long time ago. Still, it took me some time to inure myself to the scary red ink and actually digest his comments. His notes, along with this class, raise some issues I find both interesting and very complicated and I welcome your thoughts and help in sorting them out. (You can read his edits here - CarolineFerrisWhiteFirstPaper)

If I understand correctly, Eben sees empathy and empathic responses as one way of distinguishing between criminal/antisocial and social behavior. The ready distinction seems to be between those who feel for and can imagine the experiences of others, leading them to treat others with respect, and those who for whatever reason can't imagine the experiences of others, and so think only of their own interests and desires. But it's not always so clear: Eben points to the case of the empathic individual who nonetheless behaves antisocially, and the complex system of internal justifications this creates. Probably most people who commit crimes fall into this category.

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 Slightly tangentially, it'd be interesting to explore how much of our own internal social organization, if it can be called that, mirrors society itself.

-- KrishnaSutaria - 02 Apr 2010

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This is a test to see if the wiki identifies me as Kalliope. The post above that starts "Hi Caroline" is actually by Amanda. Kalliope, if this is happening because you and I have the same password, that is an amazing coincidence. They say great minds think alike! smile

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