Care for the World - Laudato Si'' and Catholic Social Thought in an Era of Climate Crisis

This book applies and explores Catholic social thought, focusing on the relevance of the encyclical Laudato Si' in an era of climate crises.

List of contents

Part I. Policy Implications of Laudato Si': 1. Our common responsibility for our common home: the activist vision of Laudato Si' Anthony Annett; 2. Carbon trading and the morality of markets in Laudato Si' Eduardo M. Peñalver; 3. The need for an 'integral ecology' in connection with the UN sustainable development goals Massimiliano Montini and Francesca Volpe; 4. Alter-ecologies: envisioning papal and ecomodernist nuclear energy policy futures Vincent Ialenti; Part II. The Philosophy and Methodology of Laudato Si': 5. Laudato Si' and the tragedy of the 'throwaway culture' Lucia Silecchia; 6. The other seamless garment - Laudato Si' on the human relationship to created nature Mark Shiffman; 7. Towards a bright mountain - Laudato Si' and the critique of technology Zachary Loeb; 8. A critique of mastery and an ethics of attunement: from Spe Salvi to Laudato Si' Frank Pasquale; Part III. Catholic Social Thought at Work and Play: 9. 'Truly, much can be done!': Cooperative economics from the book of acts to Pope Francis Nathan Schneider; 10. Toward an ethic of 'civic and political love' in the workplace Amanda Jaret and David Gregory; 11. Laudato Si' and augmented reality - in search of an 'integral ecology' for the digital age Alessandro Spina.

About the author

Frank Pasquale is Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, and author of The Black Box Society (2015). He is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence and algorithms. He has been published in Commonwealth, and his scholarly work has explored the implications of Catholic social thought for innovation policy.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Pasquale, Frank Perry Pasquale
• Assisted by: Frank Pasquale (Editor), Pasquale Frank (Editor), Michael Perry (Editor), Michael (Emory University Perry (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316510469
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51046-9
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Law and Christianity; Law and Christianity
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / General, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Environment law, International Environmental Law, Public international law: environment, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law