Is empathy outdated?

[abaris]

While I agree with you on Trump being all about himself, I'm sure even he understands that killing innocent people is bad.

At one time he said something about shooting someone on main street and still getting elected. Over the top, of course and not a serious consideration, but no, I don't think he cares that much. There are numerous incidents in his past where he made his utter disregard for the wellbeing of others public. Such as a group of youngsters being falsely accused of murdering someone and when they finally got aquitted, he still publicly demanded capital punishment for them.

He's not unique, though. He's just a sociopathic personality. Earlier in this thread there was a discussion over leading figures often falling into that kind of category.

I would disagree with the bolded. The American military is very careful to only target people they know are "the bad guys" (Isis, etc) and take care not to harm civilians.

I would dispute the word "bad guys". While this is mostly true for ISIS etc, the line becomes blurry in a normal confrontation between states. Are their combatants automatically bad guys? I would say no. They're simply soldiers of the other side, often drafted soldiers. They're as innocent as the soldiers of the own side. They're only turned into bad guys through the decision of others, governments, leaders, whatever.