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Compassion-Justice Conflicts and Christian Ethics

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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"Conflicting demands of love and justice are among the most vexing problems of social philosophy, moral theology, and public policy. They often have life-and-death consequences for millions. This book examines how and why love-justice conflicts arise to begin with and what we can do to reconcile their competing claims"--

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Part I. Nature of the Conflict: 1. Rank Ordering of Claims; 2. Deference to Justice; 3. Agape in the Marketplace; Part II. How and Why Agape-Justice Conflicts Arise: 4. Socioeconomic Disequilibria; 5. Unattended Past Wrongs; 6. Grace Building on Nature: Love is Diffusive; 7. Adjudication of Last Resort: To Love as Christ Loves; 8. Growth in Collective Virtue; 9. Summary and Conclusions: Epistemological or Ontological?; References; Index.

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Albino Barrera is Professor of Theology and Economics at Providence College, Rhode Island. The author of Catholic Missionaries and their Work with the Poor (2019) and Biblical Economic Ethics (2013), he is the lead editor of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics.

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Conflicting demands of love and justice are among the most vexing problems of social philosophy, moral theology, and public policy. They often have life-and-death consequences for millions. This book examines how and why love-justice conflicts arise to begin with and what we can do to reconcile their competing claims.

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