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Redstorm said:
Why is personal sacrifice viewed by society as a good thing? The giving of something one values greatly for something not valued as highly seems like the undermining of one's integrity to me.
I think the greatest human quality is compassion; the ability to recognize another human as being not fundamentally different from oneself, and therefore not worth more than oneself. Most people recognize the logic of this and we revere those who sacrifice something of their own to act upon that understanding.
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Re: Sacrifice