Example: I believe that IP is a direct contradiction of nature, sacrificing the advancement of humanity and the world for selfish gain, and therefore is sinful.
Edit: pls do not downvote the comments this is a constructive discussion
Edit2: IP= intellectal property
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Imagining how I’d feel if I were in that objects place, then projecting it onto the object. For example: my coffee maker that I’ve had for a very long time breaks. I feel bad throwing it away because I empathize with serving someone a long time then being disposed of.
Isn’t that personification not empathy? Like you’re not understanding it’s feelings, but giving it feeling. I think it can be moral to attempt to fix the coffee maker. It also sounds emotionally exhausting (for me) to care that much about something that has no agency of it’s own.
I mean, feeling bad cause I’m projecting feelings onto it, sure. Feeling what someone else would feel if you were in their situation is empathy though