Capitalism and Christianity: The Possibility of Christian PersonalismGeorgetown University Press, 23/09/1999 - 192 من الصفحات With socialism in eclipse and market economies gaining acceptance worldwide, a new kind of ethics is needed to address social injustice and inequity. Richard C. Bayer debunks the present direction of mainstream social ethical theory by advancing market systems themselves as a means toward promoting justice and meeting human needs. Observing that the primary vehicle for Christian ethics since the New Deal has been the welfare state, Bayer argues instead that market systems can provide a basis for reconciling capitalism and Christianity in both theory and practice. He proposes Christian personalism as an ethical approach that emphasizes the dignity of the human person and promotes the achievement of personal development through participation in a modified market economy. Bayer's work draws on Catholic social thought and orthodox economics, adopting a post-Keynesian approach that deemphasizes the role of the state in the achievement of economic justice. As an example of a personalist economic reform agenda, he describes a "share economy" that advances solidarity among workers, promises greater economic efficiency, and increases employee participation in profit-sharing and decision-making. Capitalism and Christianity integrates moral arguments with economic analysis to challenge prevailing thought in contemporary Christian social ethics. By incorporating key insights of liberalism while providing constructive criticism of that perspective, it creatively addresses both personal development and the common good. |
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The Possibility of Christian Personalism Richard C. Bayer. Chapter 4 : Toward a New Synthesis : Christian Personalism and Democratic Capitalism Toward a Personalist Social Anthropology 101 102 Personalist Method 120 Personalist ...
The Possibility of Christian Personalism Richard C. Bayer. Acknowledgment I want to acknowledge my debt of thanks to those scholars who have so courageously laid the groundwork in theology to make the devel- opment of a Personalist line ...
... Personalist lines that draw especially from Catholic Social Thought . A ( Personalist ) vision can be systematically advanced using the powers of the state to enable civil society and to guide movement toward ( not implement ) a more ...
... Personalist economic reform agenda . This Personalism is informed by philosophical liberalism and by theologi- cal sources , so it can and does take the market system and liberal economics as acceptable starting points by which to build ...
... Personalist approach . This approach to persons in society attempts to reach a balance between the individualism of Western society and the collectivism of Marxist theory and practice . Personalism affirms the sociality of the human person ...
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Three Ideas Wrong | 31 |
The Moral Imperative A Redistributionist State | 37 |
An Overview | 41 |
The Enabling State | 55 |
The Moral Objection | 65 |
Conclusion | 94 |
Toward a New Synthesis Christian Personalism and Democratic Capitalism | 101 |
Toward a Personalist Social Anthropology | 102 |
Personalist Method | 120 |
Personalist Interpretation of Social Justice | 124 |
Conclusion | 128 |
TOWARD A CHRISTIAN CAPITALISM | 133 |
Christian Personalism Toward Implementation | 135 |
Conclusion | 67 |
CAPITALISM WITHOUT INDIVIDUALISM | 73 |
Liberal Anthropology Free Equal and Rational | 75 |
John Rawls | 76 |
Michael Walzer | 84 |
Robert Nozick | 88 |
Corporate Responsibility | 138 |
The Share Economy | 141 |
Macroeconomic Implications | 154 |
Conclusion | 166 |
Index | 171 |