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

by Howard, George S.; Hesburgh, Father Theodore M., C.S.C.

• ISBN13: 9780742522060
• ISBN10: 0742522067
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-02
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

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.

Author Biography

George S. Howard is professor of psychology and Morahan Director of the Core Course Program at the University of Notre Dame. A researcher in applied psychology and research methods, he has written numerous books and articles Howard is a faculty fellow at both the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values at the University of Notre Dame

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Part I. Possible Human Natures	1	(74)
Introduction: Why Change Is Needed	3	(14)
Constructive Realism	17	(10)
Stories, Stories Everywhere; But Not a Truth to Think	27	(20)
The Perfect Class	47	(16)
The Tragedy of Maximization	63	(12)
Part II. Reengineering Wasteful Systems	75	(46)
Habits at First Are Silken Threads	77	(10)
Cheap Is Beautiful: Is Your Money Working as Hard as You Are?	87	(12)
Green Taxes	99	(8)
Imagine!	107	(14)
Part III. Against the Idols of Our Day	121	(46)
In Praise of the Common Good	125	(10)
It Is Easier for a Camel...	135	(10)
Buddhist Economics	145	(12)
Gandhi's Seven Sins	157	(6)
Conclusion: Changing Human Societies	163	(4)
References	167	(8)
Index	175	(6)
About the Author	181