A R RajahAIR 7 · CSE 2025 · 176 wordsTheir whole copy
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Empathy and compassion are both related to people-to-people relationships, shaping out universal fraternity and brotherhood.
| Empathy | Compassion |
|---|---|
| (1) Involves the process of thinking from the sufferer's end. | (1) Just involves feeling sorry for the sufferer. |
| (2) generates a higher action/respone. | (2) generates a lower response to the sufferer. |
| (3) Compassion - a precursor for empathy | (3) Compassion is a raw emotion, solitary origin. |
| (4) Leads to distress of mind - leading to action of service. | (4) Affective component is lesser felt. |
| (5) Associated with Seva bhav attitude. | (5) lesser association with servitude and more with empathy. |
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olitary origin. | | (4) Leads to distress of mind - leading to action of service. | (4) Affective component is lesser felt. | | (5) Associated with Seva bhav attitude. | (5) lesser association with servitude and more with empathy. |
Foundational for Public Service
(1) Better awareness of ground reality. Eg: IPS Sailendar Balan - compassion towards roadside vendors.
(2) leads to better chances of service towards citizens. Eg: IAS Abhishek Nair → operation Suleiman.
(3) Fosters citizen centric governance (2nd ARC).
(4) Helps in ensuring outcome-based governance. thus, empathy and compassion turns civil servants to 'Karmayogis'.
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