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Caring

Dec 06, 1996 08:04 AM
by Tom Robertson


"Dr. A.M.Bain" <guru@nellie2.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In message <199612050836.DAA29658@envirolink.org>, John Straughn
><JTarn@envirolink.org> writes

>>  Besides, if emotion is a weakness, it's a HUMAN weakness.

>The key word here is "IF".
>
>What is it that motivates people to *do* things?  The clear cool
>rational and intellectual analysis of the situation?  Up to a point, but
>until they get all "fired up" (emotional) about it, zilch happens.
>
>People act when they CARE, not when they reason.  Emotion is a great
>stength - we just have to careful how we use it.

Caring is a function of the intuition, not of emotion.  Emotions may or may
not also be there, but I define loss of self-control as putting emotion
first, which _is_ a human weakness.  Compassion is not a feeling, but an
attitude.








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