Aversive-arousal: so it distresses me more to see someone suffer who I imagine to be more like me, and, that distress really lingers once I escape—knowing that I did nothing to help hurts. Someone who I don’t identify with creates a low level of distress that fades much more easily.
Empathy-altruism: not enough details about how the reslts favored empathy-altruism for me to rebut. But it seems like knowing someone like you is suffering hurts, and hearing that they won’t suffer is a relief, whether or not you expect to get credit for saving them. I might feel relieved that they’ll be saved 100% perfectly without my being responsible for any mistakes that cause them to suffer.
Aversive-arousal: so it distresses me more to see someone suffer who I imagine to be more like me, and, that distress really lingers once I escape—knowing that I did nothing to help hurts. Someone who I don’t identify with creates a low level of distress that fades much more easily.
Empathy-altruism: not enough details about how the reslts favored empathy-altruism for me to rebut. But it seems like knowing someone like you is suffering hurts, and hearing that they won’t suffer is a relief, whether or not you expect to get credit for saving them. I might feel relieved that they’ll be saved 100% perfectly without my being responsible for any mistakes that cause them to suffer.