ITEMS OF INTEREST January 18, 2010 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

with contributions from DT Strain, Robert Mills

ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2009, the Charter for Compassion was unveiled—a statement calling for greater compassion, and greater application of the Golden Rule, throughout the world. It was a statement both from and to people of all religions and no religion. The charter was composed over many months, through a process that began on February 8, 2008.

It was then that former nun, author, and religious historian Karen Armstrong won the Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED) prize for her presentation. In the presentation, Armstrong called for a renewed commitment to compassion, and expressed her wish to begin a process to formulate a charter for compassion drafted with multifaith input, and to promote it. By December 18, 2008, over 150,000 people from over 180 nations had submitted suggestions for the charter, and the "Council of Conscience" began using this input to draft the charter. The council was composed of 18 influential religious figures from multiple faiths and nationalities.

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