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the way we treat being egotistical as the worst personality trait is classist. Empathy is also the worst emotion to make decisions using.
Could you explain what you mean re: empathy? Maybe it's the worst if the end goal is maximizing one's own well being with no regard for others. But if your moral theory says the neighbor's well-being is just as important as your own, then empathy plays a large part in helping choose correctly.
No it doesn't. Being able to know how my neighbor feels, which is what empathy is, is good for relating to my neighbor, and useful in more emotional situations to avoid hurting them, but in general thinking about the actual outcome of actions is better than gauging other's emotional response to them.
The other's emotional response to an action is part of the actual outcome of that action...
ya and it's better to consider it than not but it shouldn't be the most important thing. A lot of people are scared of conflict because they're too empathetic.