查尔斯·泰勒呼吁人们重拾在现代自主和自我实现观念中被扭曲的真实性伦理。他提出，通过与对我们重要的人的交流，人类身份的形成依赖于丰富的语言，而这些语言又承载着共同的意义。超越纯粹的工具性目的，培养这些对话关系，并承认所有人的人格尊严，或许能够避免真实性理想的堕落。

Nonviolent communication affords the skillful dialogue with others cradled in a shared sense of significance and supports the development of a meaningful identity—one that is formed through the realization of what exists beyond the self. The purpose of this article is to argue that nonviolent communication facilitates the retrieval of the ethic of authenticity. Narratives from nursing students’ journals on the use of nonviolent communication skills will be used to support the argument.