Comment by TheIndependenWhig on Scope sensitivity? · 2015-07-17T14:11:37.471Z · LW · GW

re: "empathy can get in the way of doing the right thing."

Yes. See the book "Pathological Altruism" by Barbara Oakley.

And see the video of Jon Haidt's lecture called "When Compassion Leads To Sacrilege" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnPFtg6YsuI