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

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

• ISBN13: 9780742522077
• ISBN10: 0742522075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-06-25
• 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	p. vii
Possible Human Natures	p. 1
Introduction: Why Change Is Needed	p. 3
Constructive Realism	p. 17
Stories, Stories Everywhere; But Not a Truth to Think	p. 27
The Perfect Class	p. 47
The Tragedy of Maximization	p. 63
Reengineering Wasteful Systems	p. 75
Habits at First Are Silken Threads	p. 77
Cheap Is Beautiful: Is Your Money Working as Hard as You Are?	p. 87
Green Taxes	p. 99
Imagine!	p. 107
Against the Idols of Our Day	p. 121
In Praise of the Common Good	p. 125
It Is Easier for a Camel ...	p. 135
Buddhist Economics	p. 145
Gandhi's Seven Sins	p. 157
Conclusion: Changing Human Societies	p. 163
References	p. 167
Index	p. 175
About the Author	p. 181
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