Compassion

Compassion refers to the ability to empathize with the suffering of others and to feel a desire to alleviate that suffering. Compassion involves recognizing the common humanity that we share with others, and recognizing that their suffering is also our own. Compassion can be expressed through acts of kindness, generosity, and service to others, as well as through a commitment to social justice and human rights.

 

“Humanizing the Prisons” The Atlantic Monthly, August, 1911, issue. Vol. 108, No. 2 (p.170-179).
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“Humanizing the Prisons” The Atlantic Monthly, August, 1911, issue. Vol. 108, No. 2 (p.170-179).

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August 1911Humanizing the Prisonsby Morrison I. Swift The State of Vermont contains a prison where the inmates are treated upon a novel plan. They are trusted and treated like other human beings; they come and go almost as freely as the members of the jailer’s own family; so far as possible whatever suggests punishment or…