We are a society that treats people with disabilities with condescension and pity, not dignity and respect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We often hear that people mean well: that so many just don't how to interact with people with disabilities. They're unsure of the 'right' reaction, so they default to condescension that makes them feel better in the face of their discomfort.
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.
I think we need to treat everybody with dignity.
The whole concept of treating people with dignity and respect is a concept that isn't a business concept, it's a life concept. It's who you are at the end of the day.
Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the foundation of all of our Church's social teachings.
Pity addresses the perceived suffering, not the whole individual.
It comes down to the way you treat people. When you treat people with dignity and respect all the time, you can work through anything.
There is a central flaw in contemporary culture and a corresponding and related inability to address it. Society seems somehow unable to adequately help or protect itself. Normal citizens feel powerless, isolated and disturbed.
I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.
Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.