"In my book I call this the empathy bell curve. And part of what I'm exploring in the book is what determines where an individual scores on this empathy bell curve.

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So, empathy, caring, sympathy don't kick in, but instead there's the aggression unleashed at somebody and there has to be some level of surprise.

所以移情，关怀，同情没有发挥作用，反而是释放了别人的侵略情绪,还必须在一定程度上出人意料。

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In fact, this is in many ways the source of empathy, of the healthy empathy.

事实上，从许多方面说这是有益移情的来源。

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And people differ in the extent to which they feel empathy.

不同的人感受到的移情程度也不同。

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The fact that our happiness is tied to others, the fact that we are tied to others in a web of empathy-- that's a wonderful thing about human nature.

我们的快乐与他人的相关连，我们通过同情网络和他人相关连-,那是人性的美妙之处。

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These are particularly callous and cold-blooded statements suggesting that this instinctive empathy, this aspect of moral thought, is not-- is present in most of us but not in all of us.

这些极其无情冷血的话,表明移情这种本能，这种道德观念的一个要素-,存在于我们大部分人当中，但不是所有人。

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