Compassion is Not Just for Infants: A Meditation on Dr. Jordan Peterson’s Tenth Rule

Be Precise In Your Speech

I have been dismayed of late over some of the evil carried out under the guise of “compassion.” Dr. Peterson has been defining “compassion” as the overwhelming maternal instinct to protect the helpless infant. I do understand that he is using the word in accordance with mainstream usage and understanding. But the word “compassion” in its original sense …