From: Abraham Moses Genen (futurist@frontiernet.net)
Date: Wed Sep 17 1997 - 17:56:02 MDT
Abraham Moses Genen
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Being dedicated to the future progress of humankind
should be the prime concern of all civilized beings.
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Dear Kathryn and other Fellow Extropians:
The perceptions stated by Ms Aegis are delightfully profound.
Well done.
AMG
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From: Kathryn Aegis <aegis@igc.apc.org>
To: extropians@extropy.org
Subject: Re: Compassion and/or benevolence?
Date: Monday, September 15, 1997 3:50 PM
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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