Some lives are seen as counting less than others. Attention is vulnerable to a sociopolitical framing of the prioritization of lives. This, in part, contributes to the reproduction of social injustices. By drawing on the thought of Simone Weil, we think about an education that favours the capacity to pay attention to others, particularly by taking into account the importance of the feeling of security, of the educational means as well as the role of precaution in the use of words and in the transmission of knowledge. These elements prepare for an attention that can be separated, for a moment, from power relations.