2006-12-07 01:11:05 · 14 answers · asked by farshadowman 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Caring is another word to signify manifestation of love...
Love is not innate... only when a person , out of his self awareness, evolves deep enough to really become a human, experiences love, and when the situation needs, this love pours forth as 'caring' or 'care'... irrespective of the recognition, rewards, etc.. quite unconditionally, and always !
2006-12-08 00:50:27 · answer #1 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. To some it is innate, to others it was taught. Some people are naturally caring while others have become caring because they learnt it.
2006-12-07 09:44:44 · answer #2 · answered by kennethau03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow - interestig question.. I would like to think that it is innate in all of us and since it varies so widely in individuals that it must be "beat out" of some and increased in others, though I think there are many who become more sympathetic to the suffering of others after they themselves have endured a similar experience.. maybe love increases the ability to care.. if you are truly caring, I think you need a high capacity for the pain that often comes from it.. Empathy hurts. There is a lot going on here.
2006-12-07 09:24:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is innate but it has to be sort of reinforced, the studies done on children who have been abused find that when they are very young they are still caring, but past the age of about twelve it all disappears almost. I'm thinking of that fourteen year old girl who killed a homeless guy for fun, and she'd been in and out of foster care and abandoned by her mother and that. It's quite sad really.
2006-12-07 09:15:52 · answer #4 · answered by floppity 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caring for self is innate, caring for others is taught by parents through their actions......... so one learns as early as to be almost innate.
2006-12-07 10:42:08 · answer #5 · answered by small 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have instincts to care for children. However, caring for people in the complexities of modern society requires many skills that have to be learned. In addition, even in primitive societies people appear to be taught caring skills within their families. This is true even in higher animals.
Sadly, there are a few people, psychopaths, who innately lack caring abilities, as well as others who lose them becuase of subsequent difficulties (not least alcohol abuse).
2006-12-07 09:43:16 · answer #6 · answered by Philosophical Fred 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's innate, I'm pretty sure, but it can be squelched- because the instinct of self-preservation is incredibly strong in all of us- and if I repeatedly sense, esp at a very young age, that you are trying to destroy me, I'll most likely become animalistic and fight to stay alive at all costs, ceasing to 'care'. Sydney Sheldon has a very interesting book, "If Tomorrow Comes"- pure fiction, of course, but fascinating the change that takes place in a 'nice girl's' life...
2006-12-07 10:37:22 · answer #7 · answered by boots&hank 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
caring is innate, but i reckon the way you are brought up designs how caring you are! Someone who doesn't understand caring, could be guided .. but a totally uncaring person ... wouldnt care to be taught!
2006-12-07 09:26:34 · answer #8 · answered by lynne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No behavioral traits are innate for humans. We are all born "tabula rasa" or "blank slate". How we behave is dependent upon what we integrate as proper behavior, either through explicit teachings, modeled behavior or some combination thereof.
2006-12-07 09:25:30 · answer #9 · answered by Dregaron S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Caring has to be taught. It's obvious when you look at some people who have no concept of what it means to care.
2006-12-07 09:30:20 · answer #10 · answered by Big Bear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋