>>7449
Society isn't evil. People just don't think about this stuff or have distorted view.
Blatant propaganda, passive-aggressively imposed patriotism, lack of interest, and ignorance are the reasons. You are overly simplifying this issue. It's not the faceless society, which commits atrocities, but it's always a specific human being. He pulled the trigger, he gave the order, he raped, he made a decission to buy competitors and fire the workers. It's always down to one or few persons. Blaming society means turning a blind eye to the real villains.

On a macro scale of course there is no good and evil. But on the micro scale yes-there is. And a line between them is pretty obvious.

Most of us don't have any impact on society, but we have impact on ourselves. So one can excuse his evil with this society bullshit, or he can strive to be better. Not for forgiveness, I don't believe good deeds erase bad ones. But just because it's the right thing to do.

>>Why does any individual have a moral obligation to have compassion, empathy or fondness for others?

That's an interesting question. Although it's false. There is no obligation. You don't have to be emphatic-you should be emphatic. Apart from obvious ones, there are also pragmatic reasons for that:
-you will be able to understand people better
-it's a virtue, so you can feel the moral highground
-people will like you more
-it will be easier to manipulating them
-your life will be more exciting because of all this feelings you will experience

Of course you have every right to be a misanthrope and live alone in a middle of forest. As long as you don't kill, rape and shit. If you do, you should be hunt down.
Law we have may not be perfect, but it is preventing more evil, than it induce. And that is good enough reason to keep it. Also you have mention, that victims want retaliation. Law is a form of vengeance. If I was that neighboure you shot, I wouldn't care if you were assfucked in childhood, I would want you to suffer for what you did. Because evil and pain you have endured don't give you the right to hurt others. They give you the right to revenge. And sometimes you can't even have your revenge. Sad revelation-that's life.