Rethinking Economic Inequality
Secular discourse about problem of economic inequality rests on two foundational premises that are problematic from a theological point of view. First, individuals enter into society with the aim of bettering their own condition. Second, bettering one's own condition entails accruing more wealt...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| Dans: |
Journal of religious ethics
Année: 2019, Volume: 47, Numéro: 2, Pages: 259-282 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Économie
/ Dissemblance
/ Conflit éthique
/ Éthique chrétienne (motif)
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AB Philosophie de la religion NCC Éthique sociale NCE Éthique des affaires |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
John Rawls
B Social status B economic inequality B Thomas Aquinas |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |
| Résumé: | Secular discourse about problem of economic inequality rests on two foundational premises that are problematic from a theological point of view. First, individuals enter into society with the aim of bettering their own condition. Second, bettering one's own condition entails accruing more wealth and power so that one can fulfill more of one's desires. In this paper I argue that insofar as these premises shape market behavior, they actively promote excessive economic inequality. Ethical responses to the problem of economic inequality that do not challenge these assumptions are unlikely to effectively promote justice. A theological response to the problem of economic inequality should work to promote cultural change by reminding us that genuine human flourishing depends on communal ties and the higher human goods that material wealth is properly meant to support. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9795 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jore.12269 |
