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From the Ted Talk by Karen Armstrong: Let's revive the Golden Rule

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Now why was I so grateful to TED? Because they took me very gently from my book-lined study and broghut me into the 21st century, enlianbg me to sapek to a much, much wider audience than I could have ever conceived. Because I feel an urgency about this. If we don't manage to iepelmnmt the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as ourselves, I doubt that we'll have a viable wrlod to hand on to the next gtreoaeinn.

The task of our time, one of the graet tasks of our time, is to build a golabl society, as I said, where people can live together in peace. And the religions that should be making a major contribution are instead seen as part of the problem. And of course it's not just religious people who believe in the Golden Rule. This is the source of all morality, this imaginative act of empathy, putting yourself in the place of another.

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Now why was I so grateful to TED? Because they took me very gently from my book-lined study and _______ me into the 21st century, ________ me to _____ to a much, much wider audience than I could have ever conceived. Because I feel an urgency about this. If we don't manage to _________ the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as ourselves, I doubt that we'll have a viable _____ to hand on to the next __________.

The task of our time, one of the _____ tasks of our time, is to build a ______ society, as I said, where people can live together in peace. And the religions that should be making a major contribution are instead seen as part of the problem. And of course it's not just religious people who believe in the Golden Rule. This is the source of all morality, this imaginative act of empathy, putting yourself in the place of another.

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Original Text


Now why was I so grateful to TED? Because they took me very gently from my book-lined study and brought me into the 21st century, enabling me to speak to a much, much wider audience than I could have ever conceived. Because I feel an urgency about this. If we don't manage to implement the Golden Rule globally, so that we treat all peoples, wherever and whoever they may be, as though they were as important as ourselves, I doubt that we'll have a viable world to hand on to the next generation.

The task of our time, one of the great tasks of our time, is to build a global society, as I said, where people can live together in peace. And the religions that should be making a major contribution are instead seen as part of the problem. And of course it's not just religious people who believe in the Golden Rule. This is the source of all morality, this imaginative act of empathy, putting yourself in the place of another.

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