Assertion: compassion | /r/HasProperty | feeling
Facets:
value: within ourselves
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: For the purposes of this discussion, we have combined Martin’s definition with that of the Greater Good Science Foundation to provide a practical construct and a good place to begin in considering the importance of compassion in community building: Compassion is a feeling that arises when a person becomes aware of another’s suffering, feels empathy for that person, and takes action to ameliorate that suffering.
text: Compassion “is the feeling that arises in witnessing another’s suffering and that motivates a subsequent desire to help (for similar definitions, see Lazarus, 1991; Nussbaum, 1996, 2001; see Table 1).
text: Compassion as kind Compassion as cruel Differentiation from Love & Attachment Compassion can be felt for strangers Love as grasping More likely for those we love?
text: Let’s remind ourselves here of our definition of compassion as an asset for community building: Compassion is a feeling that arises when a person becomes aware of another’s suffering, feels empathy for that person, and takes action to ameliorate that suffering.
text: Compassion is a feeling deep within ourselves —a "quivering of the heart" — and it is also a way of acting — being affected by the suffering of others and moving on their behalf.
text: Compassion is the feeling or showing of sympathy and concern for others, as well as the consequent urge to alleviate their suffering.