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Nice vs. Kind: The Difference Is Significant

Thomas Plante, Santa Clara University psychology professor and faculty scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by HuffPost.

Experts say one of these interchangeable words is much better quality than the other.

When asked if he believes it’s better to strive to be nice or kind, however, Thomas Plante, psychology professor and Ethics Center faculty scholar had a different response: "Why not both?"

“Certainly our world needs more niceness and kindness out there, especially in our currently polarized community,” he said. “Our world is so fractured. We are very quick to be mean to each other and even cruel.”

He called on everyone to step up their efforts to be kind and nice to each other, even if they don’t like each other.

 

Thomas Plante, Santa Clara University psychology professor and faculty scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, quoted by HuffPost.

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