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Chapter 29: Oikeiosis — Stoicism 101

The Stoic theory of moral development as expanding affiliation — from self-preservation to family to community to all humanity, drawing the concentric circles closer together.
Chapter 30: Compassion and Empathy in Stoicism — Stoicism 101

Why the cold-hearted Stoic is a caricature: justice is a cardinal virtue, compassion is active not pitying, and empathy is grounded in oikeiosis and the assumption that no one chooses evil knowingly.