Compassion (disambiguation)
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Compassion
is a profound and positive human emotion prompted by the pain of others. The following are related:
Compassion may also refer to:
Compassion
Compassion is a virtue — one in which the emotional capacities of empathy and sympathy are regarded as a part of love itself, and a cornerstone of greater social interconnection and humanism — foundational to the highest principles in philosophy, society, and personhood.There is an aspect of...
is a profound and positive human emotion prompted by the pain of others. The following are related:
- Compassion fatigueCompassion fatigueCompassion fatigue is a condition characterised by a gradual lessening of compassion over time. It is common among trauma victims and individuals that work directly with trauma victims. It was first diagnosed in nurses in the 1950s...
- Radical compassionRadical compassionRadical compassion is a term coined by the philosopher Khen Lampert, in 2003. His theory of radical compassion appeared in Traditions of Compassion: from Religious Duty to Social-Activism . Lampert identifies compassion as a special case of empathy, directed towards the "other's" distress...
- Self-compassionSelf-compassionSelf-compassion is extending compassion to one's self in instances of perceived inadequacy, failure, or general suffering. Neff has defined self-compassion as being composed of three main components - self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness....
Compassion may also refer to:
Organizations
- Compassion InternationalCompassion InternationalCompassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world. Compassion International, headquartered in Colorado Springs, functions in 26 countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, and...
, a Christian child sponsorship organization- Compassion AustraliaCompassion AustraliaCompassion Australia is a Christian holistic child development and child advocacy organisation that works in partnership with local churches to foster the spiritual, economic, social, physical and emotional development of children living in extreme poverty in over 26 countries.Compassion Australia...
, the Australian branch of Compassion International
- Compassion Australia
- Compassion & ChoicesCompassion & ChoicesCompassion & Choices is a nonprofit organization in the United States working to improve patients' rights and choices at the end of life...
, American right-to-die organization - Compassion in World FarmingCompassion In World FarmingCompassion in World Farming is a campaigning and lobbying animal welfare organisation, with headquarters in the UK, branches in eight European countries and international representatives in China, Australia and South Africa...
, British animal welfare organization
Entertaiment
- Compassion (Doctor Who)Compassion (Doctor Who)Compassion is a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels based upon the British science fiction television series, Doctor Who. Compassion was originally from a people known as the Remote, a splinter group of the time travelling voodoo cult Faction Paradox...
, a fictional character in the Eighth Doctor Adventures novels - Love! Valour! Compassion!Love! Valour! Compassion!Love! Valour! Compassion! is a play by Terrence McNally. Its off-Broadway premiere took place at the Manhattan Theatre Club on October 11, 1994, in a staging by Joe Mantello that ran for 72 performances...
, Broadway play- Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)Love! Valour! Compassion! is a 1997 film adaptation by Terrence McNally of his play of the same name, revolving around eight gay men who gather for three summer weekends...
, American film based on the play
- Love! Valour! Compassion! (film)
- Compassion, short-story written by Dorothy AllisonDorothy AllisonDorothy Allison is an American writer, speaker, and member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers.-Early life:Dorothy E. Allison was born on April 11, 1949 in Greenville, South Carolina to Ruth Gibson Allison, who was fifteen at the time. Ruth was a poor and unmarried mother who worked as a...