Re: Compassion and/or benevolence?

From: Kathryn Aegis (aegis@igc.apc.org)
Date: Mon Sep 15 1997 - 13:50:29 MDT


Abraham Moses Genen
>Is feeling pain, and suffering and understanding the nature of pain and
>suffering, a meaningful prerequisite in trying to deal with and hopefully
>eliminating as many of the woes of humankind as possible????

I would agree with you, yes, but not to the point of buying into a
set of religious values surrounding compassion. What you describe above
also applies to the very important human skill of empathy that can
lead to the desire to make a better future for every human.

Sin,

Kathryn Aegis



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