Living as though There is a Tomorrow examines the causes and effects of moral Growth and moral Decay for individuals and families, education, civil society, and governments. Decay is easy but dangerous and destructive for both the human and natural world, while moral Growth is difficult but powerful. Using our reason, sense of duty, love of life, and deepest beliefs, all of us can choose Growth. We can create our personal, family, community, and even national future by choice.
We can live as though there is a tomorrow by deliberately choosing ethical Growth. The Thought Experiments in this Practical Handbook for Moral Growth provide opportunities for thinking and discussion about the practical questions of everyday life for individuals and groups of all sizes. Some topics include finding the common good, the contagious effects of moral Growth and Decay, parenting and teaching, leadership, justice, uses and misuses of power, taxes and their effects, economics, public policies, foreign aid, and environmental and humanitarian ethics, among others. Open ended questions challenge us to understand where we are heading individually and together.
We can choose to love life in all its chaos and complexity. We can choose to love others and to love the Earth. We can choose to act with independence, freedom, courage, and personal responsibility. Living as Though There Is a Tomorrow, Creating the Future by Choice Using Reason, Duty, Love, and Belief speaks to our deepest and widest needs as people of conscience living in the real world.