Private Virtue and Public Policy: Catholic Thought and National LifeJames Finn Transaction Publishers, 01/01/1990 - 141 من الصفحات Private virtue is a major factor in forming public policies, including those that affect the material well-being of citizens. This is a central thesis of Catholic social thought, but it is not a parochial view. As this affluent nation grapples with resistant social issues of all kinds-drugs, homelessness, poverty, the consequences of sexual permissiveness, inadequate education, and the breakdown of families-it is becoming increasingly evident that the need for private virtue is a central fact of our political and social life. In this respect, Catholic social thought and the American experience are mutually supportive. This volume examines the implications of this statement. In a sense, it is the next step in the dialogue and debate initiated by the Catholic bishops in the United States over a period of years in the mid-eighties. The pastoral letter that resulted from their deliberatons asked how the economic life of the United States could best serve the material and spiritual well-being of people, both those in the United States and those in other countries. It also proposed some answers. Even before the bishops released their statement, the Lay Commission on Catholic Social teaching and the U.S. Economy joined the debate with its own lay letter, which both overlaps and differs in significant respects from the bishops' statement. This volume, which is initiated by the Lay Commission, takes the debate even further. Various experts discuss the relationship between public policies and private, virtue and examine specific aspects of economic life. Among these are: the meaning of "economic rights," what to do about Third World debt, economic justice and the family, and certain macroeconomic issues. Their view is independent, authoritative, clearly articulated, and inevitably they will be controversial. They also enrich and further the ongoing dialogue on how best to make the economy serve the people, and in particular the most deprived. Contributors include William E. Simon and Michael Novak, chairman and vice-chairman of the Lay Commission, J. Brian Benestad, Allan Carlson, J. Peter Grace, Howard J. Wiarda, John P. Cullity, James Q. Wilson, and the editor of this volume James Finn. |
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... pastoral letter that resulted from their deliberations asked how the economic life of the United States could best ... letter , which both overlaps and differs in significant respects from the bishops ' statement . This volume , which is ...
... authority , and also why the more nearly tech- nical and specific their recommendations became the more they exposed themselves to competing judgments and criticism . Any full assessment of the bishops ' Pastoral Letter , Introduction ix.
... Pastoral Letter , it is possible to indicate particular strengths of the bishops ' achievement , to offer evidence and analyses that lead to conclu- sions different from theirs , to indicate valuable approaches that they failed to ...
... Pastoral Message on Economic Justice for All " —intended to accompany the ... Letter released in June . We do not address the short message ( except for ... Pastoral Message " represents in our eyes the ideal we wish the longer version ...
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Virtue in Catholic Social Teaching | 29 |
Economic Justice and the Family | 49 |
Facts Credibility and the Bishops Economic Views | 59 |
The Future of Economic Rights | 69 |
The United States Latin America and the International Debt | 83 |
Employment Unemployment and Macroeconomics | 95 |
The Rediscovery of Character Private Virtue and Public Policy | 107 |
Does It Matter What the Bishops Said? | 123 |
Contributors | 135 |
Lay Commission on Catholic Social Teaching and the US Economy | 137 |
Index | 139 |