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Boycotts do not help the poor
No matter how bad off you think these workers are, there is one sure way to make their plight worse: cut off their place within the economy of the division of labor.The tithe: Land rent to God
The tithe, one of the most critical facets of the economic Law, is much misunderstood today. It may be that non-farm laborers kept 100 percent of their income, tax-free.Morality and liability
The goal of any legal reform should be toward an evenhanded system of strict liability that would, insofar as it is possible, place blame for damages on those who caused the damage, while not unjustly punishing those who appear to have deep pockets.Christianity and liberty defined
The key to reconciling Christianity and classical liberalism by means of reconciling their definitions of freedom can be found in the Christian understanding of human nature.New attitudes toward an old problem
Many of us have a misguided understanding of how to be compassionate to those in poverty.Sustaining people and planet: The moral challenge of the twenty-first century
We are by nature creators who can transform the earth’s natural resources to better sustain life, not merely consumers doomed to deplete the earth’s natural resources.Another look at compassion and welfare
An important question needs to be raised: Is government welfare truly compassionate? Are the human needs of the people really served with governmental handouts?Duties of the consumer
he party most responsible for Third World workers receiving low wages may be the person in the mirror: the consumer.Does a business corporation have a responsibility to society?
- In 1946, Congress enacted changes in the tax code that permitted publicly held business corporations to deduct charitable donations in amounts up to five percent of their federal taxable
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Free Religion
It is worth remembering what George Washington said in his farewell address about religion: “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports …. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.Money and morality: The Christian moral tradition and the best monetary regime
Our current monetary policy leaves much to be desired when evaluated against the Christian moral tradition and the thought of several Christian historical figures.A primer for love: Personalist ethics
Charity, by embracing all the virtues, is the way to happiness.