Goodness

The Era of High Ideals

Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW | Posted 05.11.2012

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Swati Desai, Ph.D., LCSW

At this time in our history, we are at a juncture where our new world order, high-tech based and globally interdependent, demands that goodness decides the new direction: the direction of justness and fairness.

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See The Good In Others

Rick Hanson, Ph.D. | Posted 05.03.2012

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Rick Hanson, Ph.D.

Seeing the good in others is a simple but very powerful way to feel happier and more confident, and become more loving and more productive in the world.

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Upending Political Vitriol

Robert V. Taylor | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Goodness, Political Discourse, Robert v. Taylor; Politics in America, Desmond Tutu, Inclusion, A New Way to Be Human, Politics News
Robert V. Taylor

Our culture and political process is adept at demonizing opposing points of view and candidates. What if, instead of accepting this as the norm, we embrace a proactive response that insists on a new discourse?

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A Passover Seder for Dults

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.06.2012

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Stuart Muszynski

For all people, not just Jewish people, Passover is meant to break through the current-day "narrow straights" that restrict us from achieving the potential that can bring us happiness and help the world. But that potential rests on becoming a Dult.

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What The Heck Is A "Good" Man Anyhow?

Tom Matlack | Posted 08.29.2011

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Tom Matlack

Talking about "goodness" is nearly impossible to pin down. With so many men in the public eye called out for bad behavior, from the very start "good" has been our company's cross to bear.

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Why We Don't Need God to Be Good (and What Religious Folk Don't Want You to Know)

Mark Matousek | Posted 11.17.2011

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Mark Matousek

It is through mirror neurons -- not God -- that we redeem ourselves, achieve salvation, and are "reborn" in virtuous ways once co-opted by religions. Evolution knew what she was doing.

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What's Right with America? Let Me List the Books

Robert David Steele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert David Steele

I became the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction [or 32/216 overall including movies, software, and fiction) quite by accident, loading 300 reviews fr...

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Overcoming Barriers with Electronic Connectivity

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

Where we no longer must allocate the time and resources to go physically to all corners of the earth -- Facebook, Skype, our email takes us there.

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Connectivity Is Key To Social Change

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Luce

In the spring I travelled to Barcelona for the GSM Association's World Congress, with 49,000 participants spread between mobile phone-related 1,300 ve...

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The Stewardship Report on Connecting Goodness Announces Editorial Calendar

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Luce

A bright new face has been added to the crowded Web, drawing a large readership and uploading more than 900 stories in its first twelve weeks. Still ...

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Heroes Among Us Every Day

Tom Morris | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Morris

Wednesday, August 4, 5:40 PM. Outside Screen Gems Film Studios, Wilmington, NC. A large white Toyota pickup truck suddenly accelerated out of the st...

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'The Hurt Locker' vs. 'Avatar': Were the Academy Awards Small-Minded?

Dr. Wendy Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Wendy Jacobson

Was the message to Cameron, "You've gotten quite enough awards and kudos for Titanic and the rest of your work. Be satisfied"?

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Desmond Tutu And Daughter On Human Goodness And Their New Book 'Made For Goodness' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent resistance to South African apartheid, has written a book with his daug...

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Can We Still Be Good?

Tom Matlack | Posted 11.17.2011

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Tom Matlack

Are men good enough to do something about the teenage boys across this country who truly are at risk?

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