It means that a good person tries to look at everyone with a patient and discerning regard, tries to resist self-centeredness and overcome prejudice, in order to see another person more deeply and with greater discernment. The good person tries to cast a selfless attention and to see what the other person sees. This kind of attention leads to the greatness of small acts: welcoming a newcomer to your workplace, detecting anxiety in somebody's voice and asking what's wrong, knowing how to host a part so that everyone feels included. Most of the time, morality is about the skill of being considerate of others in the complex situations of life. It's about being a genius at the close at hand.
-David Brooks, How To Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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