Kindness

For other uses, see Kindness (disambiguation).

Kindness is the act or the state of charitablebehaviour to other people. It is considered to be one of the Knightly Virtues, and is a recognized valuein many cultures and religions (see ethics in religion). It is considered to be one of the seven virtues, specifically the one of the Seven Contrary Virtues (direct opposites of the seven deadly sins) that is the direct opposite to envy^{[{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME}}#endnote_Sins]}.

According to book two of Aristotle's Rhetoric it is one of the emotions(see list of emotions), which is defined as being "helpfulness towards some one in need, not in return for anything, nor for the advantage of the helper himself, but for that of the person helped" ^{[{{fullurl:Template:FULLPAGENAME}}#endnote_Aristotle]}.

Pauldefines loveas being `patient and kind...` (I Corinthians)

One of the four caryatidson the Wallace fountainsin Parisrepresents kindness.

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See also

• random act of kindness
• compassion
• altruism
• etiquette
• gift

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It uses material from the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindness Wikipedia article Kindness.