low empathy is a cognitive issue one cannot help
Nope, even without ASPD empathy is a learned skill that has to be developed. And someone with a totally broken oxytocin system can still conciously be empathetic with effort. I literally do it every day.
I do not need empathy to care for people.
Literally what empathy means…
oreoreore@lemy.lol 10 hours ago
What if you can’t learn?
Also by whose dictionary are you defining empathy? I wish people well, would seek to alleviate their suffering, I practice compassion. I do not need empathy for any of it.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy
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empathy noun em·pa·thy ˈem-pə-thē Synonyms of empathy 1 : the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another Lead by example and demonstrate the power of empathy and compassion.— Shari Bailey There’s no love in this character, no hidden empathy or tenderness that surfaces late in the story.— Julie Hinds A little politeness, respect and empathy go a long way toward making our online experiences enjoyable and fulfilling.— Jim Sabataso Seen from the protagonists’ worldview, the film becomes an earnest call for empathy in a country that is witnessing an unprecedented influx of immigrants.— Emiliano Granada also : the capacity for this … the bully shows a lack of empathy and may joke at another person’s expense. — Sherri Gordon We often think of empathy—people’s ability to share and understand each other’s experiences—as a hard-wired trait, but it’s actually more like a skill. The right experiences, habits and practices can increase our empathic capacity … — Jamil Zaki 2 : the act of imagining one’s ideas, feelings, or attitudes as fully inhabiting something observed (such as a work of art or natural occurrence) : the imaginative projection (see projection sense 6b) of a subjective (see subjective entry 1 sense 3a) state into an object so that the object appears to be infused with it To have empathy, in the early 1900s, was to enliven an object. … Some of the earliest psychology experiments on empathy focused on … a bodily feeling or movement that produced a sense of merging with an object. One subject imagining a bunch of grapes felt “a cool, juicy feeling all over.”— Susan Lanzoni
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/care for
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care for phrasal verb cared for; caring for; cares for 1 : to do the things that are needed to help and protect (a person or animal) : look after (someone or something) She cares for elderly patients. Who is caring for your son while you are at work? 2 : to feel affection for (someone) I got the feeling he never really cared for me. 3 somewhat formal : to like or enjoy (something) —often used in negative statements I don’t care for jelly beans. I don’t care for your tone of voice. 4 somewhat formal : to want (something) Would you care for some pie?