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Elaborating on this idea of simultaneity, Palmer said that the book emphasizes “what it means to be alive and well at the same moment as others are in distress, and what we can do to respond to others’ pain...It’s so much about personal engagement and personal choice,” he said...
...Palmer said he hopes readers will take away from “Global Values 101” the importance of their duty to participate in an effort to create a more humane, empathetic world. Many of the students in Religion 1529, he said, were eager to discover how they as college students could learn to be as courageous as the speakers...
...Courage is as contagious as fear. When we meet someone who has been very courageous on behalf of others, something in us wants to learn from that and become similarly courageous,” Palmer said...
...Palmer said he and his fellow editors initially came up with the idea of making a film based on the course, but were approached by a publisher who suggested compiling a book instead...
...Palmer, who left Harvard in 2004, now lives in Stockholm, Sweden, and is a professor at the University of Uppsala where he teaches courses similar to those that he taught at Harvard. He is also in charge of designing a Core curriculum for the university that will take inspiration from Harvard’s Core curriculum but place more emphasis on social ethics and citizen engagement...