Our own past failures to act with moral courage can drive our empathy for others and stir us to future action. In this viewing, students respond to Irshad Manji’s description of how a failure of courage created a lifelong desire to speak up in the face of bigotry.
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Swastikas in the classroom
How classroom political discussions—controversies, too—prepare students for needed civic participation
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10 minutes
By: Holly Korbey, KQED
How humility will make you the greatest person ever
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10 minutes
By: Greater Good Science Center
How to have moral courage and moral imagination
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3 minutes
By: The Ethics Centre
To unite the country, we need honesty and courage
Article
10 minutes
By: Boston Globe, Robert P. George and Cornel West
Embrace ambiguity
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1 minutes
By: IDEO