George S Howard

How Should I Live My Life?

Psychology, Environmental Science, and Moral Traditions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 163mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780742522077
• ISBN-10: 0742522075
• Artikelnr.: 21334321

Autorenporträt

By George S. Howard - Foreword by Father Theodore M. Hesburgh C.S.C.

Inhaltsangabe

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