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"Faith offers us many spiritual gifts. One of the greatest of these gifts is a sense of perspective-an appreciation of the smallness of our span of life on earth, and the greatness of eternity that awaits. A contemplative life enables us to perceive our surroundings sub species aeternitatis-a perspective transcending petty demands or ephemeral desires. Saints like Francis of Assisi and Teresa of Lysieux exemplify this gift of stepping outside of time, outside of human plans, to apprehend in radical simplicity the timeless virtues of self-giving, service, and contemplation of the divine"--
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.
