On a more personal scale, this article examines the problem of violence and cruelty toward foreigners. The author argues that the way we act toward others depends on how we see them. Specifically she argues that injuring another person is only possible when we do not fully see or recognize that person, and that to know another person is to be incapable of injuring them.

she calls this The difficulty of imagining other persons

though as a non-psychologist I would use the term "the difficulty in perceiving other persons".

The author argues that legal structures are essential to guide citizens towards humane treatment of each other.