Civil discourse allows conversations around conflicting values and diverse perspectives (Practice C2) to persist until better understanding is achieved. It honors the place of others as equal members of a shared community. As journalist Malcolm Glover says in this TED Talk, recognizing that “the ‘I’ is a part of the ‘We’” is central to the task of identifying innovations in an increasingly interconnected world.
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A return to civil discourse
Video
11 minutes
By: Malcolm Glover, TEDx
Educator-prep | Leader-prep
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Concentric altruism
Video
10 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Empathy
Video
1 minutes
By: IDEO
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Civic character
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Compassion meditation
Tool
30 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
Taking multiple perspectives
Video
3 minutes
By: Cultivating Leadership