Question

2 part b: which two details from the text best support the answer to part a? a. “school leaders try to attract a diverse set of students so each can understand what it’s like to walk in the others’ shoes.” (paragraph 1) b. “empathy makes you more aware of other people’s suffering, but it’s not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action.” (paragraph 4) c. “moreover, prinz argues, empathy often leads people astray. it influences people to care more about cute victims than ugly victims.” (paragraph 9) d. “it has become a way to experience delicious moral emotions without confronting the weaknesses in our nature that prevent us from actually acting upon them.” (paragraph 10) e. “people who actually perform pro - social action don’t only feel for those who are suffering, they feel compelled to act by a sense of duty.” (paragraph 11) f. “the code tells them that an adulterer or a drug dealer may feel ecstatic, but the proper response is still contempt.”

Explanation:

These two details discuss limitations of empathy related to moral action, likely supporting an answer about empathy's in - effectiveness in driving moral behavior in Part A.

Answer:

B. "Empathy makes you more aware of other people's suffering, but it's not clear it actually motivates you to take moral action or prevents you from taking immoral action." (Paragraph 4)
D. "It has become a way to experience delicious moral emotions without confronting the weaknesses in our nature that prevent us from actually acting upon them." (Paragraph 10)