Smith states that everyone has a need to sympathize with others and that this ability to use sympathize is what we should base our morality on. While this may seem ideal in that we should show everyone sympathy, there is also the problem of being overly sympathetic. Think about a situation where someone is lied to. You might sympathize with the liar and not tell the person he or she is lying to because you remember what it feels like to get caught when you tell a lie. Or you might sympathize with the person who was lied to and tell them that they were lied to because you know what it feels like to be lied to. Since sympathy is cultivated from past human experiences, there are many different ways in which morality can be formed. and what people consider moral. This could lead to a constant back and forth in trying to figure out who we should sympathize with. In Chekhov's story, for example, Sofia's husband shows indifference when she tells him that another man is courting her romantically. Using Smith's idea on morality many can approach this issue in different ways as we all have different past experiences. Do we sympathize with Sofya and her decision or completely ignore her feelings and focus on how her husband and daughter feel. This could lead us to overly sympathize instead of actually reaching a conclusion about what the moral thing to do is