Judging someone is essentially holding someone responsible for their choices. Judgement seems to be the antithesis of compassion.
So by this line of reasoning, compassion does not allow for us to hold people responsible for their actions. Right?
2007-11-03 05:56:55 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I think that judgment and compassion are products of our memory. We judge those things that we have no memory of in our own behavior, therefore it isn't easy to understand from the inside. Compassion is absolutely a function of memory because we can see a situation while holding a memory of our having done the same thing.
I guess a lot of it depends on if you are judgmental about yourself or if you are compassionate toward yourself and your shortcomings. I don't think either of them is blind.
2007-11-03 08:59:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to hold anyone responsible for their actions... natural law does that for you.
So you are free to be completely compassionate and live in the light at the same time.
A resource on avoiding blindness and increasing compassion...
2007-11-03 13:32:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
you are comparing two different situations...
judgment is of course reasoning based on truth and legality... even if one is compassionate on the reasons, it must not be be a included in the manner of judgment. to judge an action, one has to see the limits and boundaries and harsh as it may seem, apply what its equivalent is...
compassion, on the other hand, is a trait as a feeling could be. humane reasoning sees beyond logics and regulations but there are limits as to how one must show his compassionate side (most notably when an act of injustice is done). respect of the law binds our compassion but with reasons.
truth is, neither judgment nor compassion can be stated as blind. depending on the reasons, the logic must hold sway to what is righteous in one's action.
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2007-11-03 13:36:15 · answer #3 · answered by VeRDuGo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Compassion has nothing to do with judging another person nor of judging ourselves. It's merely a tender touch of the heart which often motivates an individual to respond with kindness.
2007-11-03 13:55:56 · answer #4 · answered by Bethany 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Sometimes we judge the suffering of others to be beyond what their failings deserve.
Or judge even in the deserving of their pain, that an act of redemption might nonetheless be worthwhile.
Compassion is an awareness of human frailty, not a blindness to it.
2007-11-03 13:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Phoenix Quill 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes, like love, compassion is blind. it does not judge your sins of past, present, or future.
2007-11-03 16:38:32 · answer #6 · answered by greenday girl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋