Path of intuitive compassion to transform conflicts into enduring peace and prosperity: Symmetry across domains of reiterated prisoner's dilemma, dyadic active inference, and Mahayana Buddhism
Frontiers in Psychology March 9, 2023 Shao-Hsuan Shaun Ho, Yoshio Nakamura, James E. Swain 3 citations
Conflicts are increasingly intensified among the members of the community, making it almost impossible to extend compassion—defined as a wish to relieve others from suffering—from one side to the other, especially when both sides believe that “life is a battle of us the good vs. them the evil.” Is compassion even relevant to conflicts? The answer depends on how a conflict is framed in one's...