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Originally Posted by MSD
My experience has been that those who disregard compassion and what we know as morality are the ones who rise to the top.
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Interesting.
When I think of compassion, I think of it in terms of first having the ability and willingness to actually do something otherwise compassion is without meaning or real value - so me having compassion for someone I can not help is wasted. Second, I think of it in terms of being directed to a specific person or group. So in my view a CEO who acts in a manner to protect the wealth and well being of those who work or invest in his company is compassionate. The alternative would be for his to act in a manner that weakens and diminishes the value actually hurting those he/she was entrusted to protect. Comparable to a pride of lions - true compassion requires hard choices and occasional the good of the group may be more important than the good of an individual. Also, a lion can not show compassion for its prey. I see this the opposite of the way you do, and I find our perspectives very interesting.