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Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by bluetomcat on Saturday December 19, 2020 @09:06PM (#25483213)
I would call it outwardly-expressive utilitarianism. The idea that the individual should channel their views, emotions and experiences through self-expression and self-identification, for the purpose of achieving tangible worldly goals. It’s an interesting amalgam of the traditions of Anglo-Saxon liberalism and of Protestantism with its practices for preaching and confession, transitioned on a new geographic and institutional reality.
Re:Being kind to others is good for your health by 50 on Saturday December 19, 2020 @10:06PM (#25483485)
The mention of utilitarianism reminds me of this idea of insensibility. A calmer culture, I assume, is grounded in sensibility.