Compassion and Secular Ethics

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Prerequisite: PSY 101, ENG 101 This course examines the connection between secular ethics and compassion, and the cultivation of other common human values that would be involved in such ethics, from interdisciplinary perspectives, including psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, contemplative practice, and religious studies. It also focuses upon translating the cultivation of values, into ethical practices on a personal, social, and systems level. This course will integrate components of Compassionate Integrity Training (CIT) as a weekly practice.