Question

What human value is displayed by the action of the eight contestants?

Answer 1

The eight contestant displayed empathy for their fallen fellow contestant. Empathy is the capacity to understand another person’s experience from his point of view. Simply stated, empathy is the ability to ‘put oneself in another’s shoes’. That is exactly what the eight contestants had done. They had all dreamt of winning the medal. But one look at the fallen contestant had forced them to think ‘what would I have felt if I had fallen?’ and they knew exactly what they had to do. They readily forgot their dream and came forward to help the boy to his feet. Then all the nine contestants walked hand-in-hand to the finish line