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[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Empathy - understanding something from someone else's point of view

Sympathy - feeling sorry for or mirroring the feelings of others.

You can't feel empathy for other people without giving two shits about them.

You can feel sympathy for someone without having a clue what life is actually like for them.

Edit:

Autistic people lack empathy but are generally good people however it can be an actual disability where kids are non-verbal and can't look after themselves.

Psychopaths lack sympathy and are generally terrible people but it doesn't hold them back in life.