Smith states that everyone has the need to sympathize with others and that this ability to use sympathy is what we should base our morality on. While this may seem ideal in that we should show sympathy to everyone, there is also a problem with excessive sympathy. Think about a situation in which someone is lied to. You might sympathize with the liar and not tell the person being lied to, because you remember what it felt like to be found out while lying. Or you can sympathize with the person who was lied to and tell them that they were lied to because you know what it feels like to have lied to them. Because sympathy is cultivated by past human experiences, there are many different ways to form morality. and what people consider moral. This could lead to a constant back and forth trying to figure out who we should sympathize with. In Chekhov's story, for example, Sofia's husband displays indifference when she tells him that another man is pursuing her romantically. Using Smith's idea of ​​morality, many can approach this problem in different ways since we all have different past experiences. Should we sympathize with Sofya and her decision or completely ignore how she feels and focus on how her husband and daughter feel. This could lead us to sympathize excessively instead of coming to a conclusion about the moral thing to do.