Ethical principles of Catholic social teaching behind the United States bishops' letter on the economy

1988 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles E. Curran
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethical Principles ◽  
Social Teaching

Traveling Light: Pilgrim Law and the Nexus between Law, Politics and Catholic Social Teaching

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 445-479
Author(s):  
Amelia J. Uelmen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Coming Out ◽  
Embryonic Stem ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Political Consequences ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Tax Exempt

Coming out of a church whose marks of identity include unity, holiness, and universality, it is ironic—and painful—that the “Catholic vote” has become a “metaphor” for polarization in United States culture and politics. As one reporter described the scene in the weeks before the 2004 presidential election: Some rail against their own bishops, while others cheer what they see as a long-awaited stand of conscience. The tension seemed to reach a peak yesterday, when the Vatican felt compelled to publicly dismiss the claims of a Catholic lawyer who said he had Vatican support to seek [Senator] Kerry's excommunication.Tensions have also manifested themselves in the variety of Catholic “voter's guides.” Some list a limited number of “non-negotiable” issues—particular actions that are identified in Catholic moral theology as “intrinsic evil” and suggest that candidates be evaluated according to their stand on these particular issues. For example, the Catholic Answers Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics, first distributed prior to the 2004 election, named “five non-negotiables”: abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning and homosexual marriage. As these moral principles “do not admit of exception or compromise,” the Guide reasoned that political consequences should be clear: “You should avoid to the greatest extent possible voting for candidates who endorse or promote intrinsically evil policies.”In the interim between the 2004 and 2006 elections, a few organizations congealed to formulate competing guides. Others rallied around Faithful Citizenship, the United States Bishop's long-standing official commentary on the nexus between the principles of Catholic social teaching and political participation. Others directly challenged the Catholic Answers guide as a distortion of Catholic social teaching and argued that its partisan activities were a potential threat to the Roman Catholic Church's tax-exempt status.

The Early Teaching of John Paul II

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew A. Shadle
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Intellectual Development ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Philosophical Work ◽  
Catholic Social Thought ◽  
New Framework

The future Pope John Paul II’s intellectual development was shaped by his experience in communist Poland, a context very different from Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States, where the main strands of Catholic social thought had emerged. As archbishop of Krakow, Karol Wojtyła developed a philosophy centered on the concepts of praxis and participation, which laid the groundwork for his later social teaching as pope. This chapter looks at this early philosophical work, as well as his first two social encyclicals, Laborem Exercens and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis. In particular, it looks at the issues of human work, structures of sin, and liberation. John Paul II’s early teachings represent the beginning of a new framework for Catholic social teaching, the communio framework, which emphasizes the distinctiveness of Christian revelation in the midst of the contradictions of modernity.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Gerald J. Beyer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Catholic Higher Education ◽  
Catholic Colleges ◽  
Responsible Investment ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
The University

The introduction describes the author’s purpose, aims, and methodology of the book and why it should matter to all who care about Catholic higher education. The author discusses his own indebtedness to Catholic higher education and acknowledges that Catholic colleges and universities in the United States serve students and society in laudable ways. However, the introduction presents the thesis of the book: many Catholic institutions of higher education have failed to embody the values of the Gospel and the principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) in some important institutional policies and practices. Just Universities argues that the corporatization of the university undermines the fidelity of Catholic higher education to its mission by hindering efforts to promote worker justice on campus, equitable admissions, financial aid, and retention policies, just diversity and inclusion policies, and socially responsible investment and stewardship of resources. The author acknowledges the argument of the book represents one perspective and is intended to generate more sustained conversation about ways that Catholic social teaching should shape the life of Catholic institutions of higher learning.

scholarly journals Safe Injection Sites: A Moral Reflection

2019 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Steven Bozza ◽  
Jeffrey Berger
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
The United States ◽  
Medical Intervention ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Common ◽  
Safe Injection

This article addresses the issue of safe injection sites (SIS) that municipalities in the United States and elsewhere in the world propose to save lives by curbing the instances of fatal overdoses and provide addicts with healthcare services and opportunities for detoxification and social rehabilitation. Drawing on current clinical science and the medical facts regarding substance abuse and addiction, widely accepted bioethical principles, Catholic social teaching, and the common good, it shows the administration and consumption of illicit recreational drugs in an SIS is not a suitable medical intervention and a violation of the core principles of Catholic social teaching and Catholic healthcare ethics. More importantly, municipal governing bodies and the clinicians who staff these facilities cooperate in the evil of illegal drug abuse. Summary: Safe injection sites are morally illicit.

Pope Francis and Catholic Social Teaching on Ecology

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-186
Author(s):  
Gregorio Guitián
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The United States ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Managerial Decisions ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Synthetic View ◽  
Christian Message

Abstract In his visit to the United States, Pope Francis stressed the Christian message on ecology, which includes a calling to an “ecological conversion”. However, a recent paper on the influence of Christian religiosity on managerial decisions concerning the environment argues that Christian faith discourages managers’ environmental-friendly decisions. Francis message on ecology is part of the Catholic Social Teaching (CST), which contains valuable contributions, but it is still to be known. We present a synthetic view of CST on ecology and its implications for businesses, shareholders and consumers, which can also interest non-Christians concerned with the natural environment. Ultimately, we want to explain why Christians involved in economic activity should be concerned with the natural environment. We offer a moral qualification of acts regarding the natural environment, and conclude with some observations for Christian churches and business schools.

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