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C OMPASSIONATE I NTEGRITY T RAINING
A S ECULAR E THICS A PPROACH TO C ULTIVATING P ERSONAL , S OCIAL AND E NVIRONMENTAL F LOURISHING
W HY D O CIT?
Goal: To help participants realize why CIT is important for individual, social, and global flourishing. This
activity is particularly useful for groups comprised of participants who were required to take the course and
were not self-selected.
Materials: Whiteboard or easel pad and markers
Time: 10 to 15 Minutes
Instructions:
1.
Split up participants into small groups (three to five per group, depending on size). For this and
other small group exercises an easy way to do this is to determine the number of groups you want
and then ask the participants to count off from one to that number. Then ask them to gather based
on their number. For example, if you want four groups, ask of the participants to start by saying
“one” aloud, and the next person to say “two” and so on. Then all of the “ones” will gather together,
all of the “twos,” etc.
2.
Make sure the participants have access to the entire list of CIT skills (either on the PowerPoint
presentation or in their Manuals).
3.
Instruct the groups, “I will give you a series of questions for you to discuss in your group. Please
have someone in your group take notes, so you can share some of your answers with the rest of us.
The first set of questions is what would society and the systems in society be like if they had more
of the CIT skills (e.g., impartiality, forgiveness, compassion)? What would society or the systems in
society look like if they had less of the CIT skills, or more of their opposites (e.g., bias, resentment,
hatred)? Think about specific social institutions or systems that you are involved or embedded in
(criminal, educational, business, etc.).”
4.
After giving them three to five minutes to discuss the question, instruct each group, “You may
finish up your discussion about the first set of questions, and then begin to discuss the second set:
What would your family (or families in general) be like if they exhibited more of the CIT skills?
What would your family (or families in general) be like if you had less of the CIT skills? Try to
discuss specific examples.”
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