4 killed, including NYPD officer, in Manhattan shooting
A gunman armed with an assault-style rifle walked into a Midtown Manhattan skyscraper last night and began firing. He killed four, including a New York police officer. The news has been filled with such tragedies in the last few days. However, the cultural prism we have inherited competes with the sanctity of human life and the solidarity of our race. From Socrates to today, we’ve been taught that truth is individual. In such a worldview, it can be easy to care personally about the news in direct proportion to its perceived personal relevance. But this transactional approach to hurting people…
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