The widespread view of the world is atomistic: each person has an individual consciousness and each person exist to himself. Each person has his own experiences, sensations and emotions; Others do not — and cannot — take part in them.
A difficult moral dilemma arises: it is clear why I should take care for myself and satisfy my wants, but why worry about others? Why should I care what happens to other people, if I don't feel their suffering?
Zemach proves in this book that the atomistic world view is wrong.
