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said he was astonished that people made such a fuss about all of his murders
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because he said, "I mean, there are so many people."
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And if any of you here are nodding in agreement at these sentiments,
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that's not such a good sign.
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These are particularly callous and cold-blooded statements suggesting
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that this instinctive empathy, this aspect of moral thought,
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is not--is present in most of us but not in all of us.
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The second case study of moral feeling is "In-group" And "Out-group."
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In our affections, in our caring, who we like, who we feel close to,
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whose pain bothers us, we are not indiscriminate.
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I care a lot more about my children than I do about my friends
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and I care more about my friends than I care about strangers.