"those whose diginity must be restored to them by tax cuts and welfare-to-work programs." (p.2) Are such things really dignifing?
The republicans put the worker as the icon of structural damage, but he's who their structure is based on!
If the working man is now who deserves our compassion, what happens to those who are less fortunate than he? Do they get ignored?
I'm sure this is obviouse but the compassionate conservatives are not rephrasing "the embodied indignities of structural inequality as opportunities for individuals to reach out to each other, to build concrete human relations"(p. 4) they're denying those opportunities to people who don't fit within their societal mold.
Ah, I feel better now. The begining of the essay felt like she was arguing for compassionate conservatism, but now I don't feel that to be the case. Rather she was examining the different ways compassion can take place (not comprhensivly) to lead us toward a deeper consideration of why it is important.
Boundary Violations
"We have already lost because we defined ourselves in relation to a situation of loss,..."
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