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How far would you go to do what is right? Would you risk your life or that of your family? Why would some people risk it all, while others are not able to do so? If you could learn how to be more courageous, would you?

Join us, 91ɬÂþ students, faculty, alumni, and friends, to learn about theÌýMoral Courage Project, a new, interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to understanding what gives an individual the strength to stand up for others when it matters most. History offers insight: during the Holocaust, only a small minority risked their lives to help persecuted neighbours, colleagues, and strangers. The vast majority did not. Why? What enables a person to override fear and social pressure—and choose to help anyway?

If we can unlock the why, then we can pursue the how, and inspire a whole new generation to act courageously - imagine if we had more Ahmed al-Ahmeds, more Paul Rusesabaginas, more Harriet Tubmans in the world. What a place that would be!

This event is free and open to public;Ìý.

Professor Ian Gold, Director of the Moral Courage Project, will host a distinguished visiting speaker, Professor Kristen Renwick Monroe, with introductory remarks from Professor Lisa Shapiro, Dean of the Faculty of Arts.

This event is supported by the Maxwell Cummings Lecture in the Humanities endowment fund.

Professor Ian GoldÌýis Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department and Professor of Psychiatry at 91ɬÂþ whose work bridges the study of mind, ethics, and social understanding.

Professor Kristen Renwick MonroeÌýis the Chancellor’s Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine, and Founding Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality. Professor Monroe is a leading scholar on the psychology of genocide. Her groundbreaking scholarship has shaped contemporary study of ethics, altruism, and moral choice.