{"id":17400,"date":"2022-04-13T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T09:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/?post_type=glossary&p=17400"},"modified":"2025-05-14T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T17:23:58","slug":"benevolence","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/kennethsorensen.dk\/en\/glossary\/benevolence\/","title":{"rendered":"Benevolence"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Here comes a definition of benevolence by Roberto Assagioli and from this source<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This can be described as a disposition to goodness, a tendency towards harmony, peace and the elimination of all strife and conflict. But it is a passive attitude, an acceptance of existing conditions, a willingness to compromise in order to avoid the discomforts, effort of action, and the sufferings and risks of struggle, even when action and struggle would be necessary and proper. There is therefore in this attitude not only goodness, but also laziness, inertia and desire to \u201clive in peace\u201d; and therefore there is a selfish aspect to it, even if not conscious, or masked by \u201cgood intentions\u201d. Clearly, this kind of benevolence \u2014 which could be called a \u201cpsychological pacifism\u201d \u2014 is not adequate to solve individual and collective problems. On the contrary, it gives free rein to the bullying, violence and oppression of those who want to possess what is not theirs, those who want to dominate and assert themselves without respect or restraint. In this \u201cbenevolence,\u201d despite its name, it can be said that the element of \u201cwill\u201d is almost entirely lacking.<\/p>\r\n\r\n