By Jim Selman | Bio
I cannot remember having experienced or even
having read about a time when there have been so many “extremes”
co-existing in terms of political points of view and ways of
understanding the world. All seem to simultaneously have the quality of
being both ‘life threatening’ AND intractable. Whether we’re discussing
climate change, social justice, lifestyles, civil rights, the economy,
our political process or the price of oil, everyone seems to have a
strongly held point of view without much evident interest in learning or
working toward some common resolution of our differences. It would seem
collaboration is fast becoming extinct—an endangered competence.[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
One of the things I appreciate most about the Internet is
being ‘surprised’ when I stumble onto something or someone that I didn’t know
existed. This weekend a friend mentioned a new PBS series called “Justice”
presented by a Harvard professor Michael J Sandel.
A few minutes on Google and I was drawn into a number of online lectures with
students and other audiences on the topic of ‘what is right’ and the importance
of critical thinking in a civilized and democratic society. One blog concluded
that, while his topic is justice, the real point to his teaching is
‘citizenship’. [ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
I
was in an interesting conversation recently about how we can interact
with people who hold different beliefs than ours. The question posed
was, “How can one be with someone whose beliefs are the antithesis of
our own?” An important inquiry to engage in, considering that a clash
of beliefs is at the heart of most conflict and strife between people. Responses from the group varied from escape[ Read More]
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The third Thursday of October marks the second International Conflict Resolution Day. The World Mediation Forum and the Association for Conflict Resolution
co-sponsored the first event. At the same time last year, the
International Coalition of Concerned Mediators (ICCM) presented a Call
to Action at their annual conference and began working to create a
global community of like value-minded Alternative Dispute Resolution
professionals and members of the public to share ideas and take action
at this crucial juncture of the world. Members work on the community,
national and international levels and are involved in a wide range of
topics including inter-group relations, community, development,
environment, natural resource management, labor-management relations,
human rights and war/peace issues. Members of the public are are urged
to learn more about recent developments in mediation at the international level and endorse the ICCM's Call to Action.[ Read More]
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I was listening to an interview on CBC’s wonderful Sunday program called “Our World”.
They were speaking with Charles Taylor, a 76-year-old Canadian
philosopher and political activist who was recently awarded the
Templeton Prize to research how spiritual aspirations shape society and
politics. In this interview, he came across as one of the most
optimistic commentators on the state of the world I’ve heard and he was
positive without being unrealistic or naïve. [ Read More]
Written by Jim Selman at Wisdom in Action
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