When we are confronted with suffering, both locally and globally, we often experience a desire to do something. To determine a way forward, we should consider how we can channel that desire into a habit of responding to suffering in ways that alleviate the immediate need as well as work to end the root causes of suffering.

Featuring Christine Darr, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Dubuque

Interviewer, Annalee R. Ward, Director of the Wendt Character Initiative at the University of Dubuque

The content in this episode comes from Christine Darr’s article, "Courageous Compassion: Cultivating Virtue in a Complicated World," from Character and . . . Courageous Compassion, volume 2 of the Wendt Center for Character Education’s annual journal, Character and . . . .

Find other character resources and Wendt Center publications here or learn more about the Wendt Character Initiative here.