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    It is not the case that If structural injustice persists due to institutional arrangements, empathy's transformative power is epiphenomenal to the real causal levers of change.

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    • 1.Institutional arrangements are designed, maintained, and reformed by humans whose empathy shapes what reforms they consider legitimate.
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    • 2.Empathy generates political will and coalition-building capacity; without it, structural arguments alone rarely mobilize sustained action.
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    • 3.The claim conflates empathy's insufficiency alone with epiphenomenality; empathy may be necessary alongside material levers, not redundant.
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    • 1.Institutional change requires shifting material incentives and power distributions, not just individual emotional states or attitudes.
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    • 2.History shows oppressive systems persist despite widespread empathy; slavery, genocide, and apartheid continued amid sympathetic individuals.
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    • 3.Empathy can actually stabilize injustice by making people feel they've done moral work without demanding structural reform.
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