People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
 

TED Talks: Let's Revive the Golden Rule  

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People want to be religious, says scholar Karen Armstrong; we should help make religion a force for harmony. She asks the TED community to help build a Charter for Compassion -- to restore the Golden Rule as the central global religious doctrine.
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I completely agree with this perspective and inspired to continue my quest to implement the golden rule in my every waking moment
thank you Karen Amstrong
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Splendid, sensible, offering much hope.
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TED Talks: Let's Revive the Golden Rule

TED is a nonprofit devoted to ideas worth spreading. It started in 1984 as a conference bringing together trail-blazers in the industries of technology, entertainment, and design and has since expanded its scope to become ever broader.