Publisher's Synopsis
"As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death." Leonardo da Vinci
Have you ever taken a good look at yourself, and asked, "Am I a good person?" The world around you is pulling your strings, shaping your private thoughts and innermost instincts. And you don't realize it.
The fifth in a series of personal transformation books, Imagine You Are: Personality Tests about Debility/Death with Moral and Ethical Dilemmas uses philosophy, psychology and everyday situations as an innovative exploration of self and self-knowledge. Losses are integral to the human experience, butthey sometimes unfold in subtle ways. The loss is not just about death, but can encompass a number of situations: loss of vision, mental capacity, overall health or hope. The book argues that our sense of who we are is an ever-changing response to the world of interpersonal experience, an essential project that is always subject to revision and change.
Every day we overlook the enormous power of situations in our lives. We fail to appreciate that life's basic details-where we are, whom we're with, and even whether you've won or lost a spelling contest 20 years ago-affect how we think and act.
In this collection of common everyday scenarios, you'll imagine yourself as a cast member in a scene. Each scene addresses a distinct aspect of the human persona: creativity, emotional stability, strong-mindedness, honesty, sociability and more. Next, you'll be asked to choose how you would handle thesituation Of course, there are no right or wrong answers-just revelations about the person you are. After you answer the questions, you'll find comments of a qualified psychologist that will help you interpret your answers with practical explanations.
More than psychology testing, more than another self-help volume, this book appeals to fans of puzzles and logic games. It's a compelling read, and you just might find out who you really are. Imagine You Are: Personality Tests about Debility/Death with Moral and Ethical Dilemmas presents the case for a broadly-construed field of loss-both personal and interpersonal-that would complement other fields such as death and dying, traumatology, stress and coping.
