Why Good People Do Bad Things

by Gerard Vanderhaar

Overview

Why Good People Do Bad Things sheds new light on the ethical dilemmas of modern life. It shows how people of good will who are generally thoughtful, caring, and reasonably well balanced can unwittingly contribute to the evils present in our social systems. In exposing these situations, this book also offers the hope that these same "good people" can take a fresh look at the world around them. In doing so, they can then see the potential of our world as well as its defects, and determine to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781725233270
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	08/09/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	152
File size:	20 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Gerard A Vanderhaar (1931-2005), author of six books on nonviolence as well as numerous articles and other publications. He was Professor Emeritus of Religion and Peace Studies at Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee, where he taught for 28 years.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Who We Good people are 4

Chapter 2 Those we Hurt 19

Chapter 3 Why We Do These things 34

Chapter 4 The Shadow Knows 49

Chapter 5 The S-Word 61

Chapter 6 Personal Salvation 75

Chapter 7 Bad Faith and Good Faith 88

Chapter 8 The Gift of Compassion 99

Chapter 9 Good People Doing Good things 112

Chapter 10 Sowing Nonviolent Seeds 127

Conclusion 139

Notes 142

Bibliography 149

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"The 1971 Synod of Bishops made a major contribution to Catholic social teaching when it insisted, 'Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel.'

In Why Good People Do Bad Things, Gerard Vanderhaar moves this moral claim from the abstract world of synod documents to the lives of 'good people' who are trying to not 'do bad things.' I recommend it highly."
—Most Rev. Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond

Editorial Reviews

"The 1971 Synod of Bishops made a major contribution to Catholic social teaching when it insisted, 'Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel.'

In Why Good People Do Bad Things, Gerard Vanderhaar moves this moral claim from the abstract world of synod documents to the lives of 'good people' who are trying to not 'do bad things.' I recommend it highly."
—Most Rev. Walter F. Sullivan, Bishop of Richmond

From the Publisher