Yeah, and that would surely cause most humans to empathise with other humans suffering from addiction, and help those others the best way they can, by a) reducing harm to the addicts and b) helping them overcome their addiction. The fact that this c) also reduces incident crime levels and reduces suffering for yet another group of humans is surely a bonus.

'Pragmatic' in this case is referring to taking actions you consider morally questionable, but with the aim of reduction of harm all around.

I don't see how this is robotic or lacking in empathy. Quite the opposite.

> It's the human condition.

It's really not, not for 90% of a given community unless there is something else seriously wrong with that community.