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When it feels like so many people are in need of compassion, how do we decide where to direct it?
Of course we should have sympathy for the soccer team trapped in the cave. We should extend similar compassion to those caught up in long-term crises that are harder to tackle.
Children develop a sense of morality as they grow, similar to how literacy and numeracy skills develop over time and with practice.
When we include someone (or something) in our moral circle we feel a sense of moral obligation for their treatment. But the factors determining who is in or out are more complicated than you may think.




