Anything that makes it easier to imagine trading places with someone else increases your moral consideration for that other person.
Steven PinkerNortheastern and most coastal states will vote for the candidate who is more closely aligned with international cooperation and engagement, secularism and science, gun control, individual freedom in culture and sexuality, and a greater role for the government in protecting the environment and ensuring economic equality.
Steven PinkerBut in most cases even the possibility that the correlations reflect shared genes is taboo.
Steven Pinker