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Christian Social Thought Series
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Contact Information:
All inquiries should be sent to:
Kevin E. Schmiesing, Ph.D,
Research Fellow
Christian Social Thought Series
161 Ottawa NW, Ste. 301
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
phone: (616) 454-3080
fax: (616) 454-9454
e-mail: kschmiesing@acton.org
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This series brings Christian moral reflection to bear on contemporary
issues in social and economic life. Its volumes approach each subject
by engaging seriously both the insights of the social sciences and
the truths about persons and society available in the natural law
and Christian theology.
Current Volumes:
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9: The Good That Business Does
By Robert G. Kennedy
One of the major political challenges of the modern era has been
to manage the integration of business into the life of the civil
community. Similarly, Christian social thinkers have struggled to
integrate business activity into their account of morality, justice,
and the common good. While the disciplines of economics and law
teach us much about the character of comtemporary business, their
descriptions are limited. Drawing on the natural-law tradition's
concept of goods, this monograph offers a fuller treatment of the
role of business in society and of its moral obligations. It upholds
the importance of business' fulfillment of private goods, and also
outlines the ways in which it contributes to the common good.
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8: Trial by Fury
By Ronald J. Rychlak
American tort law has become the subject of public scrutiny in
the last decades. The criticism cast against it is that its current
state bears economic incentives for abuse. But the tort law system
engenders an even greater evil: the perversion of the human person.
Acts of injustice tolerated by a permissive tort system have facilitated
the near obliteration of forgiveness and reconciliation, of kindness
and goodwill, and they have thus cleaved a chasm in human fellowship.
The tort system has thus forsaken its proper role as arbiter of
justice in service of the common good. Instead, it is distorting
responsibility into blame, and human dignity into parasitic opportunism.
This monograph not only points to the gravity of this moral effect
of tort law on the human person, but it attempts to lay the ground
for restoring the common good in tort litigation.
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7: A Theory of Corruption
By Osvaldo Schenone and Samuel Gregg
There is no greater scourge that affects the proper functioning
of any economic system than corruption. Tragically, corruption is
pervasive in developing nations. The effects of corruption also
have legal ramifications, often undermining the rule of law. But
fundamentally, corruption falls squarely in the moral realm because
it is symptomatic of the original sin that marks the heart of every
person. This monograph offers a theological and economic examination
that puts into question many of the uncritically accepted assumptions
held about corruption.
Previous Volumes:
• Vol.
6: Inhabiting the Land
• Vol. 5:
Liberating Labor
• Vol.
4: Doing Justice to Justice
• Vol. 3:
A Living Wage
• Vol. 2:
International Debt Relief: A Moral and Economic Challenge
• Vol. 1:
A Catholic Response to Economic Globalization
• Christian
Social Thought Series Set
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