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.
Compassion meditation
Tool
30 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
Why values matter
Video
10 minutes
By: Jan Stassen, TEDx
How can you hate me when you don’t even know me?
Article
10 minutes
By: New York Times, Nicholas Kristof
Classroom contexts survey
Tool
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
Values sort
Tool
30 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)