[Development] QUIP 12: Code of Conduct

[Lorn Potter]

On 25/10/18 9:19 am, Konstantin Shegunov wrote:
> Addendum: There's too much vague phrasing. When I was reading through 
> the text I read things of the sort:
> "Showing empathy towards other community members"
> and
> "Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a 
> professional setting"
> and what I thought was "What's that nonsense?! empathy?!". What is wrong 
> with stating it directly - "Don't be mean, respect others."?


Those do not mean the same as 'empathy', which is the "ability to 
understand and share the feelings of another", or "put yourself in the 
other persons shoes"

I think empathy is a fine word for this, there is nothing vague about it.