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Finished reading The Swords of Lankhmar: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser Series Book Five
Finished reading I Who Have Never Known Men
Rated The Shadow of the Torturer 9/10
Finished reading Geld verdienen
Rated Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion 4/10
The author presents some interesting ideas, but nothing extraordinary, mind-blowing or perspective-changing. He needs a lot of words to make a simple point: often, empathy can lead to bad decision-making (in a utilitarian context) when compared to using rationality. There. Probably anyone who reads this book already agrees on this, because we all know why most NGO commercials chooses to show a sad-looking child in favor of a bar graph showing how funding is most effectively spend. <br><br>The author quotes a wide range of other philosophers, and adds very little to the epistemology himself. I'd recommend you to skip this book in favor of books like Peter Singer's 'The Life You Can Save' or 'Doing Good Better: How Effective Altruism Can Help You Make a Difference' - especially if you are more interested in the practical side of the argument against empathy.
Finished reading A Game of Thrones
Finished reading The Sailor on the Seas of Fate
Finished reading A Drop Of Corruption: Shadow Of Leviathan, Band 2