Karen Armstrong’s Charter for Compassion and the golden rule
The Charter for Compassion is a cooperative effort to restore compassionate thinking and compassionate action to the centre of religious, moral and political life. The Charter was crafted by people from around the world and drafted by a multi-fath, multi-national council of thinkers and leaders. It seeks to make compassion a key word in public and private discourse—making it clear that any ideology that breeds hatred or contempt, whether religious or secular, has “failed the test of our time”. [source: about the charter for compassion]
In February 2008, Karen Armstrong—a religious historian and former Roman Catholic nun—won the TED Prize and wished for help in creating, launching and propagating the Charter for Compassion. It will be unveiled this Thursday, November 12th.
We’re joined in the studio by Fatah Taylor, a counselor and spiritual practitioner. We also listen to Karen Armstrong’s thoughts and hopes about compassion—and the Charter for Compassion.
