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When universal ethics clash with particular love

My mom is dying and I feel guilty for caring more about her than statistical strangers even though I know that's natural.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The demand for impartial concern creates moral conflict with the irreducibly personal nature of grief and attachment.

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