Current status- Science of Evil: On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen
Empathy is a universal solvent.
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And unlike the arms industry, which cost trillions of dollars to maintain, or the prison industry and legal system, which costs millions of dollars to keep oiled, empathy is free. And unlike religion, empathy cannot by definition oppress anyone.
The Gulkin Gazette 