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Originally Posted by Solace
All I'm really saying is that even if you don't really know a person, they'll be much more inclined to give you the respect and compassion of a human being when you treat them like one too. You may care more on a personal level (following the monkeysphere theory), but that doesn't mean you should limit your caring to just the bubble simply because the rest are faceless.
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Exactly. To be a better person means to care for your fellow man, basically. People want to be happy, and those who are happy generally are that way because of the impact that other people's collective kindness has on their lives. The philosophy of virtue is one of the most important things for humanity's well-being, which is made by individuals. Those individuals who do not care about helping those in need or being kind to them are detrimental to society and therefore detrimental to everyone. Thus, as a part of society, it is better for each individual to act with virtue.
Of course, this should be obvious. People who think to be virtuous is naive are just stupid or materialistic. Virtue is the greatest human rationality.