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.
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Perspective taking
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?
Article
10 minutes
By: New York Times, Nicholas Kristof
Should you be civil to a racist? Yes, but you should still call them out.
Article
10 minutes
By: Robert Danisch, Wiliam Keith
Values
Video
2 minutes
By: Center for Leadership and Ethics, UT Austin
Empathy in designing solutions
Video
2 minutes
By: IDEO