Living a Life of Value : A Unique Anthology of Essays on Values and Ethics by Contemporary Writers

by Merchey, Jason A.

• ISBN13: 9780977341207
• ISBN10: 0977341208
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: Values of the Wise

Summary

Living a Life of Value is a unique anthology of essays on values & ethics by contemporary writers such as Howard Zinn, Jan Phillips, Sean Gonsalves, and Riane Eisler.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xxv
Thinking Like Cathedral Builders: Outrageous Behavior, Freedom, and Hope	p. 1
America Beyond Capitalism: What a "Pluralist Commonwealth" Would Look Like	p. 13
Big Ideas Need Sharp Elbows	p. 25
Growing My Way	p. 31
Certain Unalienable Responsibilities	p. 45
Normative Worldview	p. 51
Reflections on the Ethics of Selflessness	p. 63
Accountability	p. 79
The Value of Life Itself	p. 85
Buy Local Month: Thanksgiving to the New Year	p. 91
What Abu Ghraib Taught Me	p. 97
Spare the Rod	p. 105
The Garden of Simplicity	p. 113
Achieving Self-Actualization	p. 121
Perspective	p. 137
The Horse You Rode in On: Heroes, Chivalry, and Beasts of Burden	p. 145
Democracy's Next Step: Building a Dignitarian Society	p. 151
A Home-Based Life	p. 157
Pursuing Truth Through Suffering	p. 165
Citizen Soldiers: A Counter to Military Adventurism	p. 173
Apollo Now	p. 181
Violence	p. 189
The Great Exodus: From the Horror and Darkness of the Human Condition	p. 197
Liberalism's Brain on Drugs: Where Does Drug Policy Fit into the Debate on Liberty?	p. 219
Tools with a Life of Their Own	p. 225
Beyond Economism	p. 241
Servant Leadership	p. 263
What Matters Most: Business Can Make a Difference	p. 273
Making a Difference: A Daily Journey	p. 287
Three Pillars of Moral Learning: A Letter to a Young Cousin on Her High School Graduation	p. 293
Happiness Through Honorable Actions	p. 301
How Should One Live?	p. 307
Where do Your Loyalties Lie?	p. 317
Citizens of the Grey Area	p. 323
Unconditional Teaching	p. 333
Courage	p. 345
A Jewish Perspective on Living a Life of Value	p. 351
Playing the Wisdom Game: Some Thoughts about the Nature and Development of Wisdom	p. 359
Daring to Live Full	p. 371
Learning to Live a Life of Value	p. 383
If We Don't Turn Around Now...	p. 399
Fostering Love	p. 409
A Minister Fights Back on Moral Values	p. 417
Living for the Moment	p. 425
The Ethics Scandals of Our Day	p. 437
Come On, Get Happy	p. 447
Sorokin's Vision of Love and Altruism	p. 455
Affluenza and the Myth of the American Dream	p. 471
My Weird Values	p. 479
You Are the Help	p. 487
Vilification and Violence	p. 493
Some Thoughts on Parenting	p. 499
The Vitality of Values	p. 513
Philosophy and the Sparkling Life	p. 521
The Conflict of Resolution	p. 527
Stumbling onto the Path to Enlightenment	p. 535
A Different Sense of Security: Sometimes the Past Holds the Key to Our Future	p. 547
The Courage to Challenge	p. 553
Escaping the Cage	p. 561
The Scientific Method and Value Judgments	p. 569
Be Your Own Guru	p. 577
The Evolution of Consciousness	p. 585
Collaterals	p. 599
Work as Service	p. 605
A Short Tale About the Long Way to Buddhaland	p. 611
Rational Ethics: Moral Principles for Optimal Living	p. 623
Every Life of Value: Humane Education for a Peaceful and Sustainable World	p. 643
Never Too Good to be True	p. 653
Taking the High Road in Business	p. 661
When Good Men Behave Badly: Change Your Behavior, Change Your Relationship	p. 667
Consumed by Either Fire of Fire: Journeying with T. S. Eliot	p. 677
Dispatches from the Global Assembly Line: New Millennium, Same Challenges	p. 689
Roses or Diamonds: Choosing a Life of Value	p. 701
Growing Up Class-Conscious	p. 711
Index	p. 731
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