At its most fundamental level, civility is a stubborn persistence to continue to be in community with others, even when we disagree. As ASU professor Liz Lerman, says in this video, kindness can serve as “glue” that helps to hold that community together when negotiations over values—fundamental to Principled Innovation (Practice M1, C2)—threaten to tear it apart.
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Kindness
K-5 Card Deck Activity: Moral character
Tool
60 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
What is human-centered design?
Video
5 minutes
By: IDEO
Civil discourse and difficult decisions
Tool
10 minutes
By: United States Courts
Perspective taking
Video
2 minutes
By: RISE
Is civility a sham?
Video
13 minutes
By: TED, Teresa Bejan