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Help Karen Armstrong write a charter for compassion

June 4, 2008

TED – Technology, Entertainment, Design – is one of my favourite organisations and web sites, basically a compendium of inspirational short lectures. I don’t watch much TV any more, but I do spend a significant amount of my viewing time on TED.

Karen Armstrong, a former Catholic nun turned writer on comparative religion, recently won TED’s 2008 prize. The main prize is that you get a “wish to change the world” – oh, and they throw in USD 100,000 too. Armstrong’s wish is:

“I wish that you would help with the creation, launch and propagation of a Charter for Compassion, crafted by a group of leading inspirational thinkers from the three Abrahamic traditions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam and based on the fundamental principles of universal justice and respect.”

You can watch a watch a video or a read a transcript of her inspirational speech.

More importantly, you can help Karen achieve her wish, by nominating 12 leaders to help write the charter.

This isn’t just another silly initiative by a powerless organisation – TED has a huge amount of intellectual horsepower behind it, and a huge following as well. Let’s help them out!

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