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KINDNESS-THE TELEOLOGICAL CREED OF HUMAN CONDITION
KINDNESS-THE TELEOLOGICAL CREED OF HUMAN CONDITION

Author(s): Gabriela Pohoaţă
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Pragmatism, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: kindness; common sense; good will; happiness; beauty of the soul; God;

Summary/Abstract: Kindness - perhaps the most important human quality - has not given rise to philosophical research like the other virtues; there is not an ethic of kindness as there is an ethic of duty; it is not a grand concept because it is grandeur itself. What is goodness, in fact? An ethic or a cognitive virtue? Does it play any role in science or in metaphysics? Kindness today is increasingly taken for naivety, weakness, idealism, lack of pragmatism. If we refer to the great behaviors in the history of humanity such as Socrates or Jesus who, knowing the maximum suffering caused by human injustice, gave the spiritual dimension of kindness identified with justice or love, it is difficult to appreciate whether human nature is in moral progress or in a deep crisis. Addressing such an issue stems from the need to raise the awareness for the synergistic role of human kindness in our lives, in creation, from the simplest activities to science and philosophy. Kindness implies rationality, intelligence, self-control, altruism, dedication, spirit of sacrifice, heroism, forgiveness, boundless love. It is a condition of happiness, the very human being’s reason to exist.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 18-33
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English
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