Empathy might induce sympathy more readily when it is directed toward kith and kin , but we rely upon it to understand enemies and outsiders as well .
当共鸣指向邻人和亲属的时候就可能会更容易地引起同情,但是我们也基于共鸣的基础上来了解敌人和旁观者。
So there is a conflict of wanting to be close to your kin and kind , but not too close .
因此,想和自己亲戚或同类很近,但不能太近,这是一个冲突。
Southerners may loathe kim jong il 's regime , but do not want the slightest risk of war and have no appetite for punishing their destitute northern kin .
韩国人也许极度厌恶金正日政权,但不想冒任何战争风险,也没有欲望去惩罚他们北边赤贫的亲戚。
One is known technically as kin selection , and familiarly as nepotism . This spreads an individual 's genes collaterally , rather than directly , but is otherwise similar to his helping his own offspring .
But if feathers truly are the diagnostic criterion , then perhaps things should be the other way round , and stegosaurus , triceratops , diplodocus , tyrannosaurus and their kin should no longer be thought of as terrible lizards , but as overweight , flightless birds .