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Because the compassion process is highly related to identifying with another person and is possible among people from other countries, cultures, locations, etc., compassion is characteristic of democratic societies.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology" />{{Page needed|date=July 2023}}

A possible source of this process of identifying with others comes from a universal category called "Spirit."{{clarify|date=July 2023}} Toward the late 1970s, very different cultures and nations around the world took a turn to [[religious fundamentalism]], which has occasionally been attributed{{By whom|date=July 2023}} to "Spirit".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hegel |first=Georg |title=Phenomenology of Spirit |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=1952 |isbn=978-0-19-824597-1}}</ref>

The role of compassion as a factor contributing to individual or societal behavior has been the topic of continuous debate.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Lee |date=1 January 1996 |title=Compassion and Societal Well-Being |journal=Pacific Philosophical Quarterly |volume=77 |issue=3 |pages=216–224 |doi=10.1111/j.1468-0114.1996.tb00167.x}}</ref> In contrast to the process of identifying with other people, a complete absence of compassion may require ignoring or disapproving identification with other people or groups.<ref name="Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology" />{{Page needed|date=July 2023}} Earlier{{Compared to?|date=July 2023}} studies established the links between interpersonal violence and cruelty which leads to indifference.<ref>{{multiref2

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=== Conditions that influence compassion ===

Psychologist Paul Gilbert provides factors that can reduce the likelihood of someone being willing to be compassionate to another. These include (less): likability, competence, deservedness, empathic-capacity; (more) self-focused competitiveness, anxiety-depression, overwhelmed{{copy edit inline|reason=Please replace this adjective with a noun that refers to the state of being overwhelmed.|date=June 2024}}; and inhibitors in social structures and systems.<ref>{{multiref2

|1={{Cite web |title=Paul Gilbert—Compassion for the dark side |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xSOHOfG2yE |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/-xSOHOfG2yE |archive-date=17 November 2021 |access-date=1 December 2020 |website=YouTube| date=23 December 2017 }}{{cbignore}}

|2={{Cite journal |last1=Crimston |first1=Charlie R. |last2=Blessing |first2=Sarah |last3=Gilbert |first3=Paul |last4=Kirby |first4=James N. |date=2021-07-17 |title=Fear leads to suffering: Fears of compassion predict restriction of the moral boundary |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjso.12483 |journal=British Journal of Social Psychology |language=en |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=345–365 |doi=10.1111/bjso.12483 |pmid=34279046 |s2cid=236091116 |issn=0144-6665}}

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A classic articulation of the [[Golden Rule]] came from the first century [[Hillel the Elder|Rabbi Hillel the Elder]]. Renowned in the Jewish tradition as a sage and a scholar, he is associated with the development of the [[Mishnah]] and the [[Talmud]] and, as such, is one of the most important figures in [[Jewish history]]. Asked for a summary of the Jewish religion "while standing on one leg" (meaning in the most concise terms) Hillel stated: "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah. The rest is the explanation; go and learn."<ref>[[Talmud|Babylonian Talmud]], tractate Shabbat 31a. See also the [[ethic of reciprocity]] or "The [[Golden rule]]."</ref> Post [[9/11]], the words of Rabbi Hillel are frequently quoted in public lectures and interviews around the world by the prominent writer on comparative religion [[Karen Armstrong]].

Many Jewish sources speak of the importance of compassion for and [[Tza'ar ba'alei chayim|prohibitions on causing needless pain to animals]]. Significant rabbis who have done so include Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch<ref>{{Cite web |title=Imitation of Divine Compassion in the Jewish Tradition: Jewish Vegetarian – Vegan Articles From All-Creatures.org Articles Archive |url=https://www.all-creatures.org/articles/jv-imitation.html |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.all-creatures.org}}</ref> Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Claussen |first=Geoffrey |date=2019-01-01 |title=Musar and Jewish Veganism |url=https://www.academia.edu/38625778 |journal=Jewish Veganism and Vegetarianism: Studies and New Directions|pages=195–216 |doi=10.1515/9781438473628-011 |isbn=978-1-4384-7362-8 }}</ref> and Rabbi Moshe Cordovero.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JewishVeg: Rav Moshe Cordoero on Compassion for Animals |url=https://www.jewishveg.org/DScordovero.html |access-date=2023-08-18 |website=www.jewishveg.org}}</ref>

===Ancient Greek philosophy===

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* [[Agape]], [[Philia]], [[Philautia]], [[Storge (familial love)|Storge]], [[Eros (concept)|Eros]]: Greek terms for [[Greek words for love|love]]

* [[Brahmavihara]]

* [[Brotherly love (philosophy)|Brotherly love]]

* [[Charter for Compassion]]

* [[Christian humanism]]

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== External links ==

{{Wiktionary}}Skalski, J. E., & Aanstoos, C. (2023). The Phenomenology of change beyond tolerating. ''Journal of Humanistic Psychology'', ''63''(5), 660-681660–681.{{Commons category|Compassion}}

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* [https://magazine.uchicago.edu/0604/features/emotion.shtml ''Mirrored emotion''] [[Jean Decety]], [[University of Chicago]]

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[[Category:Suffering]]

[[Category:Virtue]]

[[Category:Love]]