Agreed. I think the whole philosophical discussion of this question is mainly complexity introduced by humans; we invented the definition of word and now expect every animal to formally adhere to our definition of what &quot;empathy&quot; is, or be declared &quot;without empathy&quot;.<p>Especially when there are plenty documented examples of animals disregarding their own security to help another animal in distress (including humans):
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