Values

A Call for Reconnecting With Values

Dov Seidman | Posted 08.13.2009 | Business

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Dov Seidman

The Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic activity.

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Virtues and Character Markings of Future Leaders

John O'Neil | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

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John O'Neil

Future leaders will find work satisfaction expressed in learning contracts. The opportunity to grow whole new aspects of their lives will be a large part of the work motivation of such leaders. Their success will not be measured merely by dollar signs.

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Three Moral Issues of Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

With an issue like health, deeply personal but of great public concern, the faith community has a unique and important role to play: to define and raise the moral issues that lay just beneath the policy debate.

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Story of Reusing The City: Welcome to High Line

Richard Laermer | Posted 07.11.2009 | New York

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Richard Laermer

Here, a town with many (other) problems turned an eyesore into what New Yorkers value most -- a public space that cost us nothing out of pocket.

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Lessons from the Science of Well-Being for New Graduates and their Parents

Todd Kashdan | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

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Todd Kashdan

Forget about the pursuit of happiness. Create a life that matters and you might catch happiness along the way.

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Does Marrying For Money Make Sense?

Times Online | Kate Spicer, Deirdre Fernand, Kate Mulvey and Ruth Gilligan | Posted 07.03.2009 | Living

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A woman with two daughters, a stepson, a large mortgage, a big job and no time was rifling in a tidying -- not a nosy -- way through some of her new h...

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Avoiding the Wrong Goals

Tom Morris | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

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Tom Morris

Self-deception is such a powerful force in our lives that we cannot guarantee, even if we do spot it in action, that we'll be able to resist its subtle lure.

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Education, Wonder, and Eros

Robert Rose | Posted 05.26.2009 | Style

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Robert Rose

What is truly important in human life consists precisely of those things which cannot be measured; love, decency, joy, all the great virtues and passions.

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How To Be Happier: Know Yourself (It's Harder Than It Sounds)

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.20.2009 | Living

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Gretchen Rubin

I'm working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone's project will look different, but it's the rare person who can't benefit. ...

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Developing Your Criteria For Personal Success

Jason Mannino | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

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Jason Mannino

"Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual." -Homa Bahrami In my article last week (Unemployment: A Call to ...

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Let's Talk About Values, Obama

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

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Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Man, if only we Rabbis, ministers, and Priests were also rewarded for failure. Given the new poll just released that shows atheism increasing in America, we'd get a bonus.

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Six Questions for Emerging New Radicals

Julia Moulden | Posted 04.21.2009 | Living

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Julia Moulden

If you're wondering what a "New Radical" is, it's someone who's found a way to put the skills acquired in their career to work on some of the world's greatest challenges.

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Late Night with Obama

Jim Lichtman | Posted 04.20.2009 | Politics

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Jim Lichtman

If ever there was a need for ethical values it is now... more than ever.

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Obama's Call to Rebuild

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.28.2009 | Politics

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Jim Wallis

This wasn't really a budget speech, or even a State of the Union. It was a call to rebuild a country -- from its infrastructure, to its economy, to its values.

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Doing the Right Thing Will Solve the Mid-East Crisis and is Good for Your Mental Health

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics

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Leeat Granek, PhD

The back page of the New York Times, Week in Review section had an anthropologist and a psychologist claiming a solution to the mid-east crisis. It's ...

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Can Science Help You Find Love?

Andrew Trees | Posted 02.28.2009 | Living

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Andrew Trees

We most value those qualities about our partners that we value about ourselves, research shows. So, all you really need to figure out is what you like about yourself.

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Change for the Aged

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.20.2009 | Living

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Arthur Rosenfeld

At a time when our country is in a paroxysm of economic self-doubt and cleansing itself of corruption, it is tempting to equate what has come before with "old" and the incoming, the new, with "young".

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Changing the Image of Religion: The New Faith Coalition

Jim Wallis | Posted 02.19.2009 | Living

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Jim Wallis

The day after the inauguration, I will be joining religious leaders at the National Prayer Service for our new president. I will pray that this new era can change the image of religion in our country.

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Motorcycles, Bicycles, and the Power of Choice

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

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Arthur Rosenfeld

Every day when I mounted my motorcycle I knew it might be my last, and when I got home safely I breathed an enormous sigh of relief that I had lived another day.

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Night of the Long Pointing Fingers

Brian Ross | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics

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Brian Ross

Republican politicians all seem to be trying their hand at historic re-creationism to transform both the history and future of the Republican party into their own image.

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Gratitude Triumphs Over Grinch

Gary Hart | Posted 12.28.2008 | Living

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Gary Hart

The geniuses of Wall Street, with their twisted version of capitalism, have conspired to steal not only Christmas but also the nation's traditional day for counting its blessings.

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Earth 2.0: Yes We Can

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 12.12.2008 | Living

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Alvaro Fernandez

The financial crisis has made obvious the obvious: that we live in a truly new and global world.

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Economic Relations, Political Values: Which is the Tail, and Which is the Dog?

Howard Schweber | Posted 11.19.2008 | Business

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Howard Schweber

Both state socialism and unfettered capitalism share this weakness: giving economic systems priority over political values creates terrible cognitive dissonance.

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On Education Policy, Obama and McCain Clash Over Vouchers, Teaching 'Merits' and Funding

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 10.24.2008 | Home

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Susan Kelley-Stamerra

With Friday's first presidential debate just around the corner, it's time to examine some real policy differences before we get snookered by all the f...

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Green Fatigue and The Global Hothouse...Are We Hosed?

Graham Hill | Posted 09.19.2008 | Green

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Graham Hill

There are signs that people are getting green fatigue. Short-term threats are using up our threat bandwidth, while the specter of longer term havoc isn't enough to budge us into paradigm shift.

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