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What percentage of people you've met do you consider a genuinely good person? Someone you could trust your life with if need be? (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Edit: I don't mean someone that will sacrifice their life for yours, more someone who would go out of their way to rush you to the hospital or something

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[–] graymess@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know way more people who would at least attempt to save my life in an emergency than I think are genuinely good people. But I do actually think that's part of identifying a decent person. Empathizing with someone suffering in front of you and wanting to help is such a low standard for empathy that even untrained animals sometimes pass this bar. Empathizing with living things more broadly and outside of your personal bubble is a task that's apparently too much to ask of most people I've met. Good way to gauge this is to get someone talking for a bit about the unhoused population of their hometown.

[–] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

I think animals are much more capable of empathy than the average person