Cultivating Empathy and Tolerance

By Sheilah Kast,

Melissa Gerr

Published October 29, 2018 at 11:20 AM EDT

Provided by Loyola University Maryland

Spending any time with the headlines these days raises questions about tolerance, or the absence of it. Writer Adam Gopnikhas pondered tolerance a lot, and it’s at the core of the talk he’ll deliver Thursday for the 31st annual Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture, at Loyola University Maryland. Gopnik spoke with us about why willingness to compromise or practicing empathy shouldn’t be mistaken for an inability to stand up for your beliefs. Plus, Loyola philosophy professor Drew Leder discusses how reconnecting with nature can cultivate empathy and tolerance for others.

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Sheilah Kast

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Melissa Gerr

Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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