Morality exists because we make it exist and give it value in our waking life, I think that it's key to treat the situations and people the same way you would in real life, not because they deserve it or they have feelings, but because empathy is a skill that can be practiced. Being mean makes you worse at empathizing by putting the focus on YOUR thoughts, YOUR feelings, YOUR desires. Holding yourself to standards is the first step to actually growing up-- not in the way the world sees it, but in a truer, more spiritual sense of maturity. Plus, it's not hard. The payoffs far exceed the minute amount of self-control that it takes. |
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