How Should I Live My Life? - Psychology, Environmental Science, and Moral Traditions

Informationen zum Autor By George S. Howard - Foreword by Father Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C. Klappentext A truly cross-disciplinary study of psychology, theology, economics, and environmental science, How Should I Live My Life presents an overview of human beliefs and institutions that have led to the emerging global ecological threats. By viewing societal institutions and the psychology that spawns them, George S. Howard gets to the root causes of global ecological crises and provides an effective roadmap for changing the disastrous course that humans face. Zusammenfassung An overview of the beliefs and institutions that have led to global ecological threats. Viewing societal institutions and the psychology that spawns them! the author aims to get to the root causes of these ecological crises and provides a roadmap for changing the disastrous course we face. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Possible Human Natures Chapter 2 Introduction: Why Change is Needed Chapter 3 Constructive Realism Chapter 4 Stories, Stories Everywhere; But Not a Truth to Think Chapter 5 The Perfect Class Chapter 6 The Tragedy of Maximization Part 7 Reengineering Wasteful Systems Chapter 8 Habits at First Are Silken Threads Chapter 9 Cheap is Beautiful: Is Your Money Working as Hard as You Are? Chapter 10 Green Taxes Chapter 11 Imagine! Part 12 Against the Idols of Our Day Chapter 13 In Praise of the Common Good Chapter 14 It Is Easier For a Camel . . . Chapter 15 Buddhist Economics Chapter 16 Ghandi's Seven Sins Chapter 17 Conclusion: Changing Human Societies

Product details

• Authors: George Howard, George S Howard, George S. Howard, Howard George S.
• Assisted by: Hesburgh Theodore M. (Foreword)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2002
• EAN: 9780742522077
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-2207-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Social, group or collective psychology, Sociology & anthropology, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Sociology and anthropology