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- Title
Acquiring Economic Justice for All: An Ongoing Struggle.
- Authors
Burdenski, H. M.; Dunson, D. H.
- Abstract
Ten years have passed since the National Council of Catholic Bishops presented their pastoral letter Economic Justice for All. For a democratic society to succeed, it must cultivate moral attachments. The following three questions are asked of all Americans regarding social ethics: 1) How do my economic choices contribute to a sensitivity to those in need? 2) With what care, human kindness and justice do I conduct myself at work? 3) How do I strike a balance between labor and leisure that enlarges my capacity for friendships, for family life, for community? The importance of a sense of shared humanity is discussed and recommendations are made regarding emotions as strategies in the process of moral decision-making. The task of sensitizing both the intellectual convictions and the emotional feelings of Americans towards a more compassionate stance vis-a-vis the 'disinherited' in our midst is presented.
- Subjects
UNITED States; SOCIAL ethics; ETHICAL decision making; BUSINESS ethics; SOCIAL justice; SOCIOECONOMICS; JUDEO-Christian tradition; VALUES (Ethics); KINDNESS; CONDUCT of life -- Social aspects; APPLIED ethics; ETHICAL problems
- Publication
Journal of Business Ethics, 1999, Vol 20, Issue 2, p93
- ISSN
0167-4544
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1005939000211