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Chapter 3: Values and Morals:
Guidelines for Living
                                                                                                                                                
 
Introduction to Values and Morals
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Overview                                                                         
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Why we need values and morals
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Why it is hard to deal with values
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The Golden Rule
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Understanding why we need meaning in our lives; what's
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religion's role?
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Being good is hard
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Writing your own philosophy of Life
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Kohlberg's stages of moral development
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Discussion of Kohlberg's stages 5 and 6
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Are women's values different from men's values?
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Selecting your guiding principles
Table 3.1: Ways of living
Table 3.2: Your life goals
Table 3.3: Desired personal characteristics
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Self-centered vs. others-centered
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Conscience and escape from one's own conscience
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Pitfalls: bypassing our own moral standards
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Other guidelines for living
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Finding the meaning of or in life
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Examples of philosophies of life
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Writing your first draft
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Putting your helping philosophy into action: Altruism
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Becoming helpful yourself
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Developing a specific self-help plan
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Concluding comments; recommended readings
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