Disturbing ethical issues continue to surface about the justification and conduct of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a leading Australian moral theologian. Professor Brian Johnstone, a Redemptorist priest visiting his home city of Melbourne, was speaking at a forum on the war in Iraq organised by Social Policy Connections at Yarra Theological [...]
By Bill Frilay Over the past year I have written position papers on the above topics. There are interrelationships between each of these topics. Click HERE to read the full 2009 article Photo: United Nations, Flickr CC
If ever there was a need to consolidate a new ethical foundation for economics and business, it is surely now. Hence there has been great expectation about the release of Pope Benedict XVI’s 30,000-word encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, (Charity in Truth), as world leaders gathered in Italy around the G8. The Pope met President Barack [...]
By Bruce Duncan Pope Benedict’s new encyclical is not the strident critique of capitalism some were expecting, but it is nonetheless a robust critique of abuses in the global economy, particularly in financial markets. The Pope also highlights the scandalous contrast between the ostentatious wealth and profligacy by richer people and countries, and the acute [...]
