# care (emotional)

people help others when they have a need

- Computed level: L7 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [need](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-need.psychological), [help](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-help.assistance), [others](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-others.distinct-entities), [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social)

**Through:** the need and the help together create a caring stance

**Novel properties:**
- caring stance
- mutual recognition
- emotional responsiveness

## Examples
- After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, spontaneous volunteer networks in Port-au-Prince provided food and first aid to trapped survivors. *(disaster-response)*
- Nurse bees feed larvae royal jelly for the first three days of life, ensuring their development into queens if selected. *(biology)*
- The Debian GNU/Linux project maintains security updates for oldstable releases up to two years after end-of-life. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [friend](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-friend.social) (L9)
- [garden](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-garden.planting) (L8)
- [love](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-love.emotional) (L8)

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