ABSTRACT
Most people care about health and well-being. Such caring might require quite some effort, as present society poses major threats (e.g., economic and social crisis, ecological issues, poor lifestyles) to our health and well-being. Whereas these threats are partly driven by uncontrollable events and external circumstances, fortunately some of them are subject to human activity. Such management of conduct includes regulating one’s behavior in the face of impulses and temptations, changing habits, and making decisions that may deeply affect ourselves and others. Thus, one of the most important challenges that people face in modern life is to control their own and others’ behavior. In other words, people need to be active agents and to rely on self-control to take charge of the future of their own and others’ lives.
