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Re:A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it by dragonwriter on Monday October 03, 2016 @05:24PM (#12631467)
> No, healthy people are born with empathy.

Most of the reading I've done seems to suggest that that's something that's developed at a very young age, and very sensitive to early childhood environment, rather something people are born with.

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Re:A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it by djtriptych on Monday October 03, 2016 @05:34PM (#12631533)
It's a normal part of childhood development. The original comment suggests that hate is inborn and empathy is learned - no real evidence for that.
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Re:A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it by Retric on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @01:11AM (#12633457)
Empathy is a far more complex emotion.
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Re:A kidney donor at 18 now regrets it by djtriptych on Friday October 07, 2016 @01:30PM (#12662372)
Dogs have empathy.
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