On November 12, 2009, the Charter for Compassion, a document about the core shared value of every world religion and moral code called the Golden Rule -- the result of 2008 TED Prize winner Karen Armstrong's wish.

The Golden Rule requires that we use empathy -- moral imagination -- to put ourselves in others’ shoes. We should act toward them as we would want them to act toward us. We should refuse, under any circumstance, to carry out actions which would cause them harm.

The Charter, crafted by people all over the world and drafted by a multi-fath, multi-national council of thinkers and leaders, is a cry for a return to this central principle which is so often overlooked in our world.

Click Here for six short talks from six different perspectives -- from a Rabbi, an Imam, a Reverend, a Tenzin, a Swami and a secular voice of compassion.