Tag: proximity and ethics

• Rhetorical Mercy

  Real compassion is harder because it requires juggling two truths at once—without dropping either.

  RMDell’Orfano

  February 10, 2026

  Politics, Psychology, Religion, Wealth

  civic order, compassion with boundaries, empathy vs sympathy, empathy without absolution, hetorical mercy, immigration debate, moral responsibility, performative compassion, personal boundaries, proximity and ethics, rule of law, social costs