Steven Pinker (Steven Arthur Pinker) Quotes

The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

Steven Pinker

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• The human capacity for compassion is not a reflex that is triggered automatically by the presence of another living thing.

  

  Steven Pinker
  • Compassion
  • Presence
  • Reflex