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when we try to get our children to expand their moral concern of compassion.
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We say, "Try to see it from their point of view. How would you feel if--"
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Then there's indirect ways. You can, for instance, use the power of metaphor.
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There could be familiar things that you are close to
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and you could bring in together new things
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as falling under the rubric of these familiar things.
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So, if I wanted to cause you to feel moral concern for a fetus,
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I would do well to describe it as a pre-born child.
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If I wanted you to care about an animal,
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I would do well to describe it as if it were human.
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If I wanted to think about all of you and get--
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and establish more of a connection with you,