I think having goals and trying to accomplish them develops first, and empathy develops later. Wow. Isn't it amazing that even when we're trying to get to the same point, we disagree? ;) But I don't think so. I believe we're created with Empathy. And man is a social creature. A child has very few goals in life, and is inclined towards empathy. Empathy is developed, yes, but the basic roots of it are in us when we're born. Otherwise, toddlers wouldn't share or do other empathic acts. Then again, I'm no psychologist... In any case, by the age of 10, I think children have developed more empathy than goals, and don't have enough experience in how morality may prevent them from attaining these goals to be near amorality. I don't think amorality truly becomes part of our important choices until we're in our middle teens, or even later. There are just not enough choices that have it truly clashing.
I would also like to point out that I think everyone should be moral instead of amoral Yes, but this goes into our previous discussion and is more general rather than specifically relating to the story, so I thought this wasn't the place to go into it.
But, since I mentioned going off topic, and we've made a habit of it anyway.. thoughts on the US Open? In Men, I was not surprised by Federer's loss - he has a weakness against Berdych, and it was clear from the start, especially when he didn't manage to slice his serve as he usually does. My money's on Djokovic, obviously. Meanwhile, the Women's was excellent - I got to see Maria defeating Bartoli in an excellent game, and it was just as good with Azarenka. It really could have gone either way, but Sharapova's serve and return are still somewhat erratic, which is problematic (this could also be seen against Bartoli). Doesn't really matter, in any case - Maria had her chance to be crushed by Serena in the Olympics, now it's Vika's turn.
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Wow. Isn't it amazing that even when we're trying to get to the same point, we disagree? ;) But I don't think so. I believe we're created with Empathy. And man is a social creature. A child has very few goals in life, and is inclined towards empathy. Empathy is developed, yes, but the basic roots of it are in us when we're born. Otherwise, toddlers wouldn't share or do other empathic acts.
Then again, I'm no psychologist... In any case, by the age of 10, I think children have developed more empathy than goals, and don't have enough experience in how morality may prevent them from attaining these goals to be near amorality. I don't think amorality truly becomes part of our important choices until we're in our middle teens, or even later. There are just not enough choices that have it truly clashing.
I would also like to point out that I think everyone should be moral instead of amoral
Yes, but this goes into our previous discussion and is more general rather than specifically relating to the story, so I thought this wasn't the place to go into it.
But, since I mentioned going off topic, and we've made a habit of it anyway.. thoughts on the US Open? In Men, I was not surprised by Federer's loss - he has a weakness against Berdych, and it was clear from the start, especially when he didn't manage to slice his serve as he usually does. My money's on Djokovic, obviously. Meanwhile, the Women's was excellent - I got to see Maria defeating Bartoli in an excellent game, and it was just as good with Azarenka. It really could have gone either way, but Sharapova's serve and return are still somewhat erratic, which is problematic (this could also be seen against Bartoli). Doesn't really matter, in any case - Maria had her chance to be crushed by Serena in the Olympics, now it's Vika's turn.