Merriam webster dictionary defines empathy as “the capacity for, or the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” being a warrior society, the greeks did not show a lot of empathy. Going back to the word Aristos. Being the best at what was needed was mostly war at the time of the greeks. This means that they didn’t have time to feel empathy. It was all fighting for them. This is most in part because they had to be tough, and brave. Empathy shows how good and understanding a person can be. Without having empathy there would be nobody helping the poor or the homeless. A lot of famous people who are millionaires now could have been self made. This means they went from having barely anything to becoming successful. This is how they are able to show empathy towards the people in this world who are poverty stricken. Eventually if we help these people enough there may not be inequality based on socioeconomic status and people will get along. Helping these people is what brings people together as a society. An example of this is a video on youtube that shows one man performing an act of kindness which just keeps getting passed along. Empathy may be important to having a virtuous society but what is just as important is
Merriam webster dictionary defines empathy as “the capacity for, or the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner.” being a warrior society, the greeks did not show a lot of empathy. Going back to the word Aristos. Being the best at what was needed was mostly war at the time of the greeks. This means that they didn’t have time to feel empathy. It was all fighting for them. This is most in part because they had to be tough, and brave. Empathy shows how good and understanding a person can be. Without having empathy there would be nobody helping the poor or the homeless. A lot of famous people who are millionaires now could have been self made. This means they went from having barely anything to becoming successful. This is how they are able to show empathy towards the people in this world who are poverty stricken. Eventually if we help these people enough there may not be inequality based on socioeconomic status and people will get along. Helping these people is what brings people together as a society. An example of this is a video on youtube that shows one man performing an act of kindness which just keeps getting passed along. Empathy may be important to having a virtuous society but what is just as important is