Talk:Compassion
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Some content moved to Forty-nine charismatic virtues. Peter Manchester 13:35, 25 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] ... v.s. Sympathy
So how does this differ from sympathy? Should the two be merged? Why or why not?
- Additionally, is compassion predicated on empathy or sympathy, or neither, or both? It may be something outside the bounds of both of these things, but is triggered in various forms, or to various ends, by these things. 24.16.251.40 23:30, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Measure
How to measure [compassion] in a country? unknown 07:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- Possibly charitable acts as percentage of disposable income (not just donations of money), volunteer hours donated, etc.... These would have to be measured against fully altruistic (ie. tithing) or technically selfish acts (ie. donating to one's own organization) that just seem compassionate. I am unaware of any resources that are currently doing this, but you might want to check out the United Nations. You would probably also have to subtract (or even maybe divide by?) the relative number of anti-compassionate acts (such as expecting or demanding bribes, interfering with journalism, interfering with unharmful free expression, etc...) in those nations. A few organizations do this last, such as: http://www.heritage.org/index/ (Index of Economic Freedom), http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=573 (Reporters sans frontières) . International human rights watches of various sorts would probably also be up on it. 24.16.251.40 23:51, 31 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How to teach somebody to have compassion?
How to teach somebody to have compassion or to increase it, children or adults?
Compassion is a sense of shared suffering, most often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce such suffering; to show special kindness to those who suffer.
[edit] removed "veganism" from see also
Not that vegans aren't compassionate, but it seemed far too arbitrary to include.
