Jimmy Carter and the problem of empathy (Featured Post Times of Israel)

(Emphasis and image are mine as well as notes added for context)

definition of a SOCIOPATH:  A sociopath is someone with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), a mental health condition that causes people to disregard rules (international laws (because they feel they are above such things)) and the feelings of others (EMPATHY).

by Daniel Feldman from Times of Israel (H/T AuntBB)

... Jimmy Carter was known as a man of great empathy, a world-renowned humanitarian, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He built houses for Habitat for Humanity and campaigned for the eradication of diseases in Africa and Latin America. The Carter Center has promoted democracy, health, and conflict resolution throughout the world.

It has been argued over the past century that empathy is indispensable to morality. In psychologist Martin Hoffman’s words, “the roots of morality are to be found in empathy,” and scientists such as C. Daniel Batson advocate for the “empathy-altruism hypothesis.” Simon Baron-Cohen has written about the link between evil and the absence of empathy.

Others, however, have argued that empathy is a confounding influence, with Paul Bloom going so far as to provocatively title a book, “Against Empathy.” Even Rutger Bregman’s more upbeat “Humankind: A Hopeful History” argues that humanity’s core strength is not empathy, which “blinds” and makes people “less forgiving,” identifying exclusively with victims and generalizing about adversaries. Even empathy advocate Batson acknowledges that high-empathy individuals are more likely to help the subjects of their empathy “at the expense of others”.

If indeed empathy can lead you astray, Jimmy Carter may be Exhibit A. Alongside his noble work, Carter also found common ground with terrorist groups such as Hamas and with the Assad dictatorship and constantly blamed Israel alone for all the problems of the Middle East. There are countless images and records of him literally and figuratively embracing the worst murderers on Earth, eagerly advocating and legitimating their positions.

Many feel that Carter was antisemitic; perhaps. His attitudes toward the Jewish State were certainly extreme and difficult to explain. But what is clearly true is that the empathy he apparently displayed was no barrier to him becoming a pawn of forces of pure evil...

Empathy is a crucial Jewish value and is indeed a necessary trait as a bulwark against cruelty and an impetus towards kindness...

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(my personal notes)

on Israel and disregarding international rules:

• Israel’s assault on the foundations of international law must have consequences: UN experts 
• Israeli settlements violate international law, U.N.'s top court says in a landmark opinion 
• Gaza: Israel Flouts World Court Orders

on on Israel on disregarding the feelings of others:

• Israel Killed 74 Children in Gaza in First Week of 2025
• Israel Has Killed at Least 3,100 Palestinians Under Age of 5 Since Last Year 
• ‘Massacres’: Women, children killed as Israel bombs Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ 

Daniel Feldman with his ill-timed and sickening attack on a beloved former president of the United States coupled with RECENT articles from all sorts of global aid agencies makes it perfectly clear:

Israel, the 'Jewish State', is becoming a SOCIOPATHIC global entity, a ROGUE STATE which is out of control and exhibiting many of the same characteristics of Nazi Germany circa 1930.