The Overloaded Liberal Shopping, Investing, Parenting,and Other Daily Dilemmas in an Age of Political Activism

Fran Hawthorne

eBook - 2010

A veteran journalist and levelheaded mom tackles the ethics of everyday life Today's shoppers don't just consume; we investigate and categorize the impact of our decisions on climate change, animals, our health, our political views, geopolitical relationships, working conditions, and more. Yet when we actually try to live according to our principles, it can be so overwhelming, contradictory, and demanding that we want to scream. Do I buy imported organic or local nonorganic? Is it terrible if my child wants watermelon out of season? Veteran journalist and levelheaded mom Fran Hawthorne sets out to answer these questions--and spark more. En route, she interviews activists and ordinary consumers alike, including officials from PETA..., the AFL-CIO, the Sierra Club, an organization of "EcoMoms," and the rabbinical group that has redefined kosher. She learns from ethicists, psychologists, Wall Street analysts, child-rearing experts, and policy wonks, while examining... more