compassion
Sign in to savealt=|thumb|Hugging is a common display of compassion Compassion is a social emotion that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others. When based on notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered partially rational in nature.
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Compassion is a social emotion that motivates people to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional suffering of others and themselves, often involving sensitivity to how others are feeling. It matters because when grounded in principles like fairness, justice, and our interconnectedness with others, it can drive rational and meaningful action to help reduce suffering.
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25 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Theories on conceptualizing compassion
- Psychology
- Compassion fatigue
- Conditions that influence compassion
- Compassion fade
- Neurobiology
- Compassion in practice
- Medicine
- Psychotherapy
- Self-compassion
- Religion and philosophy
- Abrahamic religions
- Christianity
- Islam
- Judaism
- Ancient Greek philosophy
- Confucianism
- Indian religions
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Jainism
- See also
- References
- External links
alt=|thumb|Hugging is a common display of compassion Compassion is a social emotion that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others. When based on notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered partially rational in nature.
Compassion involves "feeling for another" and is a precursor to empathy, the "feeling as another" capacity (as opposed to sympathy, the "feeling towards another"). In common parlance, active compassion is the desire to alleviate another's suffering.