Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agoCan it be within human nature to be inhumane? Conversely can it be "unhuman" or going against human nature to be genuinely humane?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up170arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up160arrow-down1message-squareCan it be within human nature to be inhumane? Conversely can it be "unhuman" or going against human nature to be genuinely humane?Lafari@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelemmy689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down3·11 months agoI think the terms you’re looking for are narcissism and empathy. Narcissism is the inhumanity, empathy the humanity. Can a narcissist have empathy, and vise versa? I can’t say I’ve ever heard of an empathist, having too much empathy.
minus-squareGombeenSysadmin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoThey’re known as “suckers,” “marks,” and “airport pickups”
minus-squarelemmy689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-211 months agoThat’s a lack of knowledge. Narcissists can be just as stupid, even more so as they consider themselves smarter than everyone. Sound familiar?
I think the terms you’re looking for are narcissism and empathy. Narcissism is the inhumanity, empathy the humanity. Can a narcissist have empathy, and vise versa? I can’t say I’ve ever heard of an empathist, having too much empathy.
They’re known as “suckers,” “marks,” and “airport pickups”
That’s a lack of knowledge. Narcissists can be just as stupid, even more so as they consider themselves smarter than everyone. Sound familiar?