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Home: Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGE Current Issues: Social Justice: LINKS_PAGEArticles:The new huddled masses - Father Raymond J. de SouzaIf there were a law assigning certain jobs by race, it could not be more effectively enforced. Read more... The Old Affection - Peggy NoonanGo deeper. Read more... The Poverty of Social Justice - Robert RoyalSeveral years ago, the editor of a Catholic encyclopedia asked me the write a dozen or so entries on Catholic social teaching, including one on social justice. I read into the literature. But I found that social justice, if it can be said to exist at all, is a pretty threadbare idea. Read more... The Ricochets of Liberalism - Hadley ArkesThose vexing hearings over Robert Bork, for his nomination to the Supreme Court, back in 1987, left enduring marks. Read more... The Role of Christian Anthropology in Welfare Reform - Gregory R. BeaboutPast articulations of social policy have tended to ignore basic truths about the human person, leading to negative, long-term consequences for those in need. The rehabilitation of the proper exercise of human freedom is both the foundation and the goal of the future of welfare reform. Read more... The Role of Human Sympathy in the Work of Social Justice Part I - Donald DeMarcoThere was once a young man whose parents, in an attempt to improve the family's finances, purchased a large house that was to be used as a school for young ladies. Read more... The Role of Human Sympathy in the Work of Social Justice Part II - Donald DeMarco"Recommend to your children virtue," Beethoven advised, "that alone can make them happy, not gold." The fact that he had no children of his own does not detract from the legitimacy of these words. Let us consider one man who lived by the spirit of this maxim, Sir Francis Burdett. Read more... The Virtue of Social Justice - Donald DeMarcoThe expression “social justice” has been particularly well marketed. Everyone, it seems, is a champion of social justice. Groups may disagree with each other on nearly every moral issue but, when it comes to social justice, they all stand up and salute. Read more... Toward a Moral Economic Life - ZenitThe Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church dedicates a special chapter to look at economic activity in general. Like other chapters, it starts with an overview of some biblical principles. Read more... Unraveling the Mystery of Murderous Minds - Brian CarneyTheodore Dalrymple worked as a prison doctor and psychiatrist in Britain for 15 years. He's known serial killers, petty thieves and everything in between. As he puts it, with a mischievous grin, "I've probably spent more time in prison than the average murderer." Read more... Unreal Estate - Roger ScrutonIf you borrow money you are obliged to repay it. And you should repay it by earning the sum required, and not by borrowing again, and then again, and then again. For some reason, when it comes to the state and its clients, those elementary moral truths are forgotten. Read more... Welfare and Charity: Lessons from Victorian England - Gertrude HimmelfarbThe word "welfare" is ambiguous. Read more... What We're Fighting for: A Letter from America - Institute for American ValuesAn open letter in defense of the U.S. war on terrorism has been signed by 60 prominent American intellectuals and published by the Institute for American Values. The letter analyzes "just war" principles and discusses the universal values at stake in the conflict. Read more... What's Lost in Prenatal Testing - Patricia E. BauerShe was a fresh-faced young woman with a couple of adorable kids, whiling away an hour in the sandbox at the park near my home. So was I, or so I thought. Read more... When Mother Comes Home - Frederica Mathewes-GreenWhile I’m not very informed about the Intelligent Design debate, the idea sounds inoffensive enough: Scientists cannot prove there is a Designer, and neither can they prove there’s no Designer, so why not leave the question open? Read more... Whose Vision of Social Justice? - Colleen Carroll CampbellTalk-show host Glenn Beck recently struck a nerve – and ratings gold – when he urged his audience to abandon any church that espouses social justice. Read more... Will someone buy Melinda Gates a copy of the "Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church"? - Carl E. OlsonMelinda Gates is certainly free to pursue her misguided quest to gift the Third World with contraceptives. But if she has any integrity at all, she needs to stop presenting her work as being informed by Catholic social doctrine or implying that it reflects authentic Catholic moral teaching. Read more... “In Truth, Peace” – The First Lesson of Benedict XVI on Peace, War, and Terrorism - Pope Benedict XVIThe complete text of Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 2006 World Day of Peace, to be celebrated January 1. Read more... Pages Updated On: Thu Feb 07 2013 - 22:30:47
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