Steven Hoffman

“empathy. If one views empathic concern for others’ suffering as a cornerstone of morality (as we do), then a moral outlook that downplays that concern can be described as an “empathy disorder.”
― Christopher Armitage, Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder

“When confronted with a scenario of someone being harmed, a liberal’s moral intuition screams “This is wrong, someone is suffering!”
― Christopher Armitage, Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder

“others. They are good people in their own narrative, but they are navigating the moral world with a compass that skews away from universal compassion.”
― Christopher Armitage, Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder

“then one will feel less guilt or sorrow about those people’s troubles. Dehumanization or devaluing of out-groups is a mechanism through which empathy is shut”
― Christopher Armitage, Conservatism: America's Personality Disorder