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Author | : Thich Nhat Hanh |
Publisher | : Parallax Press |
Total Pages | : 146 |
Release | : 2008-06-14 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1935209892 |
In Good Citizens, Thich Nhat Hanh lays out the foundation for an international solidarity movement based on a shared sense of compassion, mindful consumption, and right action. Following these principles, he believes, is the path to world peace. The book is based on our increased global interconnectedness and subsequent need for harmonious communication and a shared ethic to make our increasingly globalized world a more peaceful place. The book will be appreciated by people of all faiths and cultural backgrounds. While based on the basic Buddhist teachings of the Four Noble Truths and the Eight-Fold Path, Thich Nhat Hanh boldly leaves Buddhist terms behind as he offers his contribution to the creation of a truly global and nondenominational blueprint to overcoming deep-seated divisions and a vision of a world in harmony and the preservation of the planet. Key topics include the true root causes of discrimination; the exploration of the various forms of violence; economic, social, and sexual violence. He encourages the reader to practice nonviolence in all daily interactions, elaborates on the practice of generosity, and teaches the art of deep listening and loving speech to help reach a compromise and reestablish communication after misunderstandings have escalated into conflicts. Good Citizens also contains a new wording of the Five Mindfulness Trainings (traditionally called "precepts") for lay practitioners, bringing them in line with modern-day needs and realities. In their new form they are concrete and practical guidelines of ethical conduct that can be accepted by all traditions. Good Citizens also includes the complete text of the UN Manifesto 2000, a declaration of transforming violence and creating a culture of peace for the benefit of the children of the world. It was drafted by numerous Peace Nobel Prize recipients and signed by over 100 million people worldwide. Coinciding with a US presidential election year, Good Citizens reaches across all political backgrounds and faith traditions. It shows that dualistic thinking—Republican/Democrat, Christian/Muslim—creates tension and a false sense of separateness. When we realize that we share a common ethic and moral code, we can create a community that can change the world.
Author | : Mary Small |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 2005-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9781404817852 |
Explains what citizenship is and ways to be a good citizen.
Author | : Ann Bonwill |
Publisher | : Children's Press |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Citizenship |
ISBN | : 9781544428635 |
Author | : Harvey J. Kaye |
Publisher | : Teachers College Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780807740194 |
A critical and democratic perspective on American politics, letters, and higher education. Drawing from public and personal experiences, the author invites readers to think about their own level of social consciousness. Topics include: capitalism and class inequality; and teaching and parenting.
Author | : Dave Eggers |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 2018-09-11 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1452176337 |
"Obligatory reading for future informed citizens." —The New York Times "[This] charming book provides examples and sends the message that citizens aren't born but are made by actions taken to help others and the world they live in." –The Washington Post Empowering and timeless, What Can a Citizen Do? is the latest collaboration from the acclaimed duo behind the bestselling Her Right Foot: Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris. This is a book for today's youngest readers about what it means to be a citizen. This is a book about what citizenship—good citizenship—means to you, and to us all.
Author | : David Batstone |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2014-02-04 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 1135302804 |
In The Good Citizen, some of the most eminent contemporary thinkers take up the question of the future of American democracy in an age of globalization, growing civic apathy, corporate unaccountability, and purported fragmentation of the American common identity by identity politics.
Author | : Janet Craig |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 2012-07-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1448868726 |
Unlike other animals, which are born with strong instincts, we humans must learn how to live sociallyand we learn from the people around us. As a result, were closely linked to the community were raised in. Our daily lives and identities are affected by the common experiences shared with the people in our community. We learn the communitys values, history, and rules. When we become part of a community, it becomes part of us. Citizenship is the state of being an active, engaged, and productive member of a community. As citizens, we get certain rights, but also certain responsibilities. To be good citizens, we must live up to these responsibilities. Thats because we share our future with the other individuals in our community. Our actions affect them, and theirs affect us. A community can only grow and flourish through time if good citizens do their best to improve it. We all have a sense of right and wrong, but we dont always follow our better judgmentsgood citizens must also live ethically, or morally. Whenever we decide not to live ethically, we risk hurting the people around us and ourselves. Being a good citizen has immediate rewards. Ethical living and good citizenship can improve your academic and social success, your happiness and quality of life, and your future prospects for professional success. By being good citizens and living ethically, we encourage others to do the same. This book provides ten tips on how to be a good citizen and live ethicallyethics 101, consider the consequences of your actions, be a good neighbor, take every opportunity to make friends, be respectful, obey the law, know and stand up for your rights, know your rights, stay informed, and get involved. The book also provides reasons why readers should care, and how they will benefit their community and self by being a good citizen and living ethically.
Author | : Laine Falk |
Publisher | : Children's Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009-09 |
Genre | : Citizenship |
ISBN | : 9780531213490 |
Explains what a citizen is and looks at some of the things that make a person a good citizen.
Author | : Samuel Bowles |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2016-05-28 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0300221088 |
Should the idea of economic man—the amoral and self-interested Homo economicus—determine how we expect people to respond to monetary rewards, punishments, and other incentives? Samuel Bowles answers with a resounding “no.” Policies that follow from this paradigm, he shows, may “crowd out” ethical and generous motives and thus backfire. But incentives per se are not really the culprit. Bowles shows that crowding out occurs when the message conveyed by fines and rewards is that self-interest is expected, that the employer thinks the workforce is lazy, or that the citizen cannot otherwise be trusted to contribute to the public good. Using historical and recent case studies as well as behavioral experiments, Bowles shows how well-designed incentives can crowd in the civic motives on which good governance depends.
Author | : Jenny Fretland VanVoorst |
Publisher | : Bellwether Media |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2019-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1681036509 |
What does it mean to be a good citizen? What can kids do to become one? In this book, beginning readers will learn how they can help out to make their community a better place!