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Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind by nugget on Thursday August 02, 2018 @11:53AM (#17672423)
By your argument if somebody is lucky, successful, and prideful, but feels no desire to help others, wouldn't that apathy also be a result of genetics and environment? And thus you couldn't blame them for it or expect them to act any differently.
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Re:How LeBron James' new public school is the first of its kind by staunch on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:26PM (#17672746)
Exactly. You can certainly pity someone for lacking empathy but blaming them makes no sense.

And behavior isn't necessarily a static thing. This same person might read a good book (which would become part environment) which might move them to be more empathetic.

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