3 Authors on Killing (Empathy), Love, and Fear
Channel: Prof. Sam Vaknin
Date: 2020-10-13

Three authors on empathy, love, and fear.

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman

"Agape is more than romantic love, agape is more than friendship. Agape is understanding, creative, redemptive, good will to all men. It is an overflowing love which seeks nothing in return. Theo¬logians would say that it is the love of God operating in the human heart. So that when one rises to love on this level, he loves men not be¬cause he likes them, not because their ways appeal to him, but he loves every man because God loves him. And he rises to the point of loving the person who does an evil deed while hating the deed that the person does. I think this is what Jesus meant when he said 'love your enemies.'"

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"The short answer to why Americans harbor so many misbegotten fears is that immense power and money await those who tap into our moral insecurities and supply us with symbolic substitutes."

The Culture of Fear by Barry Glassner