Is the kind of peace and love that are described in the Dalai Lama's essay on compassion really what people want?In reference to ethic of compassion

It seems that there are some contradictory assumptions in
the Dalai Lama's presentation of his logic on the ethic of compassion, granting that he
may be speaking in simpler terms than those in which he actually thinks. The underlying
assumption of "universal responsibility," which is later equated by definition with
"universal compassion" and by requirement with "spiritual democracy," is that even one's
enemies are motivated by thier "quest for happines."

Later,
it is established that "universal responsibility" requires personal sacrifice, one
assumes a sacrifice of one's pursuit of happiness, and the "neglect of egotistical
desires," again, one assumes desires for happiness. Thus the proposition that all are
motivated by the pursuit of happiness is undercut and invalidated since at least those
who agree with the presupossition of personal sacrifice and neglect of egotistical
desires are not motivated by the pursuit of
happiness.

Futher, it is asserted that "all beings want the
same thing we want." If not all want personal sacrifice and the neglect of egotistical
desire; conversely, if not all want personal happiness that comes regardless of the cost
to the "common good" or another individual's good,  then, once again, the presupposition
that all are motivated by the pursuit of happiness is
undercut.

This leads to the realization that the term
"happiness," as acted upon in the contemporary milieu, is inadequately defined in the
context of "universal responsibility/compassion/spiritual democracy" and doesn't
incorporate the realities that make distinctions of personal sacrifice and neglect of
egotistical desires  a requisite choice for demonstrating compassion, peace and
love.

Therefore, it seems necessary to conclude that, no,
not all people want the kind of compassion, peace and love advocated by the Dalai Lama
in his statements on the ethic of comapssion. It must be concluded that some individuals
incorporate selfishness (the opposite of personal sacrifice) and egotisical desire that
does not weigh the cost of its fulfillment into their individual definitions of
"happiness."

[You don't identify the source you read from,
but the source I read from in aswering this question is "The Dalai Lama On
Compassion" at His Holiness
the Dalai Lama of Tibet.]