Is Empathy A Choice Or Natural

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I think that empathy could be either a choice or natural. For the argument of that empathy is a choice, it should be partially formed by sociability. The sociability that comes from your parents, and how they raised you, should shape how a person is to another person. Such as social norms of being nice to each other, that is a learned behavior that you choose to demonstrate. On the side of empathy being natural, I also believe that humans have a natural instinct to help. No matter how you were raised, especially children at a young age will act on helping someone if it looks like they need help. That can go on to say, that empathy is an automated response. As people get older, their instinct to help or care might decline because of being neglected

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