An anthology of key writings reassesses and integrates humanistic ancient healing systems and the technical achievements of modern medicine to arrive at a more complete, holistic approach to health

Ways of Health: Holistic Approaches to Ancient and Contemporary Medicine

Biographies & Memoirs

Sobel, David

Community & Culture

Harcourt

Subjective accounts of well-being and reasons for action have a remarkable pedigree. The idea that normativity flows from what an agent cares about-that something is valuable because it is valued-has appealed to a wide range of great thinkers. But at the same time this idea has seemed to many of the best minds in ethics to be outrageous or worse, not least because it seems to threaten the status of morality. Mutual incomprehension looms over the discussion. From Valuing to Value, written by an influential former critic of subjectivism, owns up to the problematic features to which critics have pointed while arguing that such criticisms can be blunted and the overall view rendered defensible. In this collection of his essays David Sobel does not shrink from acknowledging the real tension between subjective views of reasons and morality, yet argues that such a tension does not undermine subjectivism. In this volume the fundamental commitments of subjectivism are clarified and revealed to be rather plausible and well-motivated, while the most influential criticisms of subjectivism are straightforwardly addressed and found wanting.

From Valuing to Value: A Defense of Subjectivism

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Oxford University Press

Synthesizes immunobiology, genetics, and psychology to illustrate the emotional and physical importance of pleasure and recommends ways to create positive attitudes that make life an affirmative experience

Healthy Pleasures

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Ornstein, Robert

Psychology & Counseling

Addison-Wesley

Discover the proven medical benefits of pleasure and live a longer, healthier life Imagine a medical treatment that can decrease heart disease, boost immune function, relieve depression, and block pain-whose only side effect is that it makes you feel good. It's safe, inexpensive, and readily available. No, it's not a miracle drug; rather, these benefits come from the experience of pleasure itself. And this pleasure prescription is filled in the internal pharmacy of the brain. Psychologist Robert Ornstein and physician David Sobel deliver the latest scientific evidence that pleasures--from saunas to siestas, chocolate to charity--and positive attitudes--from happiness to optimism--are not only enjoyable but also good for you.

Ornstein, Robert E.

Alternative Medicine

Da Capo Press

The Healing Brain: A Radical New Approach to Health Care

Macmillan London Limited

Place- and community-based education – an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local – addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community. It offers a way to extend young people’s attention beyond the classroom to the world as it actually is, and to engage them in the process of devising solutions to the social and environmental problems they will confront as adults. This approach can increase students’ engagement with learning and enhance their academic achievement. Envisioned as a primer and guide for educators and members of the public interested in incorporating the local into schools in their own communities, this book explains the purpose and nature of place- and community-based education and provides multiple examples of its practice. The detailed descriptions of learning experiences set both within and beyond the classroom will help readers begin the process of advocating for or incorporating local content and experiences into their schools.

Place- and Community-Based Education in Schools (Sociocultural, Political, and Historical Studies in Education)

Smith, Gregory A.

Sociology

Routledge

Examines the tasks of the brain from regulation of body temperature to the positive effects of tears and crying

The Healing Brain: Breakthrough Discoveries About How the Brain Keeps Us Healthy

Simon&Schuster

The Healing Brain

Reference

Touchstone

From the ages of five to twelve, the middle years of childhood, young people explore their surroundings and find or construct private spaces. In these secret places, children develop and control environments of their own and enjoy freedom from the rules of the adult world. Children's Special Places enters these hidden worlds, reveals their importance to children's development and emotional health, and shows educators, parents, and other adults how they can foster a bond between young people and nature that is important to maturation.

Children's Special Places: Exploring the Role of Forts, Dens, and Bush Houses in Middle Childhood (Landscapes of Childhood)

Teen & Young Adult

Wayne State University Press

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