Originally Posted by SparkyMcSparky
This is taught, not innate, and I see this everyday in kids who have been raised to believe the sun rises and sets out of their asses every day. Zero empathy.
This is also done for individuals on the spectrum. My son has autism and has been directly taught how to be empathetic through a set of separate discrete skills, involving scenarios and social stories like what you mentioned, Sparky. Hard to say if he was born with or without empathy, but he was certainly born without the capacity to express it.