Economic Compulsion and Christian Ethics

Informationen zum Autor Professor Albino Barrera teaches in both theology and economics at Providence College. His most recent book is Modern Catholic Social Documents and Political Economy published in 2001. Klappentext Barrera addresses adverse effects of market operations on individuals from the viewpoint of Christian ethics. Zusammenfassung Markets can often be harsh in compelling people to make unpalatable economic choices any reasonable person would not take under normal conditions. In this book Albino Barrera argues that Christian thought on economic security offers an effective framework within which to address the consequences of economic compulsion. Inhaltsverzeichnis General editor's preface; Preface; Part I. The Nature and Dynamics of Economic Compulsion: 1. Markets and coercive pecuniary externalities; 2. The regressive incidence of unintended burdens; Part II. Setting the Moral Baseline and Shaping Expectations: 3. Economic security as God's twofold gift; 4. Retrieving the biblical principle of restoration; Part III. Contemporary Appropriation: 5. Economic rights-obligations as diagnostic framework; 6. Application: the case of agricultural protectionism; 7. Summary and conclusions; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Albino Barrera, Albino (Providence College Barrera, Albino F. Barrera
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521043571
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04357-1
• No. of pages: 268
• Series: New Studies in Christian Ethic
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries