This activity by the UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center walks individuals through a process of developing empathy for others, including those who could be seen as “enemies.” The reflection begins with compassion for friends and moves outwards toward enemies and toward the world at large, an important skill when crossing the divide between people with widely divergent values (Practice M1).
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Compassion meditation
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.
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Empathy
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Overcoming the empathy gap: overcoming a societal lack of empathy
Video
14 minutes
By: Fareeha Quayyum, TEDx
What is critical thinking (and why should I care)?
Video
5 minutes
By: SAGE Students, Thomas Chatfield
Perspective taking
Video
2 minutes
By: RISE
The five whys
Tool
15 minutes
By: IDEO