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The Technology and Culture Forum's 50th Anniversary Forum

How do people maintain their humanity during war? How do we rebuild ethical and meaningful lives after a conflict? Why do some people see an act of great moral courage as the only possible option, while others find it unthinkable?

Political psychologist Kristen Renwick Monroe invites her students to explore these questions alongside her through in-depth interviews with survivors of conflicts across the globe, from the Armenian genocide and the Second World War through more recent conflicts in Vietnam, Cambodia, Nicaragua, Uganda, Lebanon, Iran, Afghanistan and Iraq. Through this work, she engages young people in a process that draws on both their intellectual and emotional intelligence to forge a deeper understanding of ethics and moral psychology.