![]() This may be to blame for our lack of progress in finding practical solutions and effective policies to alleviate poverty, injustice, violence, and similar issues, despite our desperate desire to address them. ![]() Our culture, however, holds empathy in much higher esteem than reason. The ability to reason is what sets humanity apart from the animal kingdom, and we must use it to figure out how we can do the most good for the most people. Though empathy is not inherently detrimental to our decision-making process, more often than not it skews and distorts our reasoning to the point where we would make better decisions without it when trying to do good and act on our care for others. ![]() ![]() Well-meaning efforts can often do more damage than good when a person does not objectively consider the consequences of his or her charity. ![]()
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