Foundational Values of Culture of Empathy
The understanding of the values and principles is as evolving process.
Definition of Values
Important and lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable.
List of Values
Feeling into our own and others felt experience.
Insisting on mutuality in all the values that make up a culture of empathy
Nurturing the feeling of openness in individuals and society.
A sense and recognition that at our core, people have the same feelings, desires, and needs.
A sense, recognition, and awareness that all people have feelings.
Working together with mutual empathy to creatively complete a task or achieve goals.
A recognition that everyone shares a part of the responsibility. (for the way things are )
An ongoing integration of personal and social energies and feelings thorough empathic dialogue.
A sense and recognition that we are in a relationship with others and the environment.
Power based on mutual empathic dialogue and decision making.
Staying present with feelings that arise.
A feeling of warmth and concern for the well-being and flourishing of all
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Listening to ones self and others.
An ongoing exploration, dialogue, and growth about the nature and values of a Culture of Empathy. An ongoing seeking, learning, growing, deepening, articulating, documenting, and transforming of the culture.
Imaginative Empathy
Able to take a different perspective and role-taking.
Systemic Awareness
Aware of the larger systems we live in and how they support or hinder empathic connection. Also, the effort to transform the system.
Foundational Principles of Culture of Empathy
Definition of Principle:
a rule of conduct based on our values.
a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.
Values & Principles of a Culture of Empathy
1. We are willing to have an empathic dialogue with all people.
- We want to expand scope of our human connections to include all of humanity (not limit it).
- Underlying Values: Mutual Empathy, Openness, Common Humanity.
2. We strive to keep increasing the circle of our empathic dialogue and connection with an ever wider variety of people.
- We strive to expand connections and get out of a bubble. (not be a narrow ingroup).
- We want to reach out to all of humanity.
- Underlying Values: Mutual Empathy, Openness, Inclusion, Common Humanity.
3. We strive to expand connections and not be a narrow ingroup.
- We want to reach out to all of humanity.
- Underlying Values: This is based on the values of openness and common humanity.
4. Addressing Conflict. If there is conflict in our community or between others, we are willing to have a mutually empathic dialogue to work it out. That is to take part in an empathy circle, restorative empathy circle, etc.
- Underlying Values: Mutual Empathy, Openness, Presence, Collaboration, Common Humanity.
5. We are willing to take the first step in being empathic with the intention of creating a culture of empathy.
- Underlying Values: Mutual Empathy, Presence, Collaboration, Common Humanity.
6. We Spread the Values and Principles of a Culture of Empathy
- Underlying Values: Common Humanity,