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
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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.
Empathy
Video
1 minutes
By: IDEO
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Video
15 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
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Video
4 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
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Article
15 minutes
By: Tracey Benson, Waters Center for Systems Thinking
Gaining perspective on an argument
Tool
10 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center