The Challenge of Charity: Freedom And Charity Working Together

by Martin Schlag, Juan Andrés Mercado, Jennifer E. Miller

Overview

Introducing charity as a social principle valid not only for the micro-relationships like the family or friendship but also for the macro-relationships like the economy or politics, poses a challenge, because charity, as the central message of the Gospel and the distinguishing Christian virtue, is not a directly applicable social program. It requires the mediation both of a correct political philosophy and of a social organization based on legal justice. However, charity is difficult to handle in organizations because the exigencies of charity go beyond justice and are difficult to predict. Love (charity, benevolence, etc.) gives without return, without calculation. Love transcends the loving person and therefore cannot be forced into a socio-legal structure that needs regularity and predictability in order to function. This then is the challenge for Christians striving to evangelize the society in general and the economy in particular: Charity is the hallmark of Christian ethics, but is not fit to function as an immediately applicable social principle. Christians therefore struggle to find the way that charity can manifest itself institutionally in a free market economy. This book is a result of such an endeavor. We ask in which way the big social principles of human dignity, solidarity and subsidiarity as they have been developed in centuries of Catholic social thought and magisterial teaching express charity as a principle in society, and how solidarity is compatible with freedom and spontaneity. Martin Schlag. Born 1964 in New York, USA. 1991 Doctor iuris at the University of Vienna. 1996 priestly ordination in the Prelature of Opus Dei. 1998 Doctor Theologiae at the Pontifical University Santa Croce. Since 2008 full professor for social moral theology at the same University. 2012 appointment as Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Numerous publications. His last book, edited together with Domènec Melé, appeared in Springer under the title “Humanism in Economics and Business. Perspectives of the Catholic Social Tradition”. Juan Andrés Mercado. Assistant Professor (1996-2002) and Associate Professor (2003- 2013) of History of Modern Philosophy at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. Full Professor of Applied Ethics (2014) at the same University. Founded “MCE - Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre”. Visiting Professor at IPADE Business School (Mexico City). Jennifer E. Miller. Cajun by birth, Dr. Jennifer E. Miller has studied at the Pontifical Universities of the Angelicum and the Gregorian, as well as at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome, obtaining her doctorate with a thesis in moral theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. She has taught courses on moral theology and business ethics in the United States and in Italy. Currently Directress of Studies at the Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Dr. Miller’s principle areas of research are the economy and the family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788883334481
Publisher:	EDUSC
Publication date:	05/13/2015
Sold by:	eDigita
Format:	eBook
Pages:	163
File size:	374 KB
Language:	Italian

About the Author

Martin Schlag è nato a New York City nel 1964, cittadino americano ed austriaco. Si è laureato in giurisprudenza presso l’Università di Vienna. È dottore in legge (1989) e in teologia (1998). Avvocato e teologo, è stato ordinato sacerdote della Prelatura dell’Opus Dei nel 1996. Dopo aver svolto lavoro pastorale a Vienna, dal 2008 è professore di Dottrina Sociale della Chiesa presso la Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. Nel 2012 è stato nominato Consultore del Pontificio Consiglio Giustizia e Pace. Nella collana MCE Books ha già pubblicato il libro "La dignità dell’uomo come principio sociale" (Roma 2013).
Juan Andrés Mercado è nato a Città del Messico nel 1967. Ha ottenuto la laurea in filosofia presso l’Universidad Panamericana (Città del Messico) nel 1989 con una tesi sull’induzione aristotelica. Dottore in filosofia presso la Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia dell’Universidad de Navarra con la tesi “La filosofía de la creencia en David Hume” (2001). Professore Incaricato di etica e introduzione alla filosofia presso l’Universidad Panamericana, Guadalajara (1991-1993). È stato professore Incaricato e poi Associato di Storia della Filosofia Moderna della Pontificia Università della Santa Croce. È professore Straordinario di Etica Applicata della stessa Università. Nel 2008 ha iniziato con il Prof. Martin Schlag il centro di ricerca “Markets, Culture and Ethics”, della stessa Università della Santa Croce. Professore visitante di IPADE Business School, Città del Messico.
Cajun by birth, Dr. Jennifer E. Miller has studied at the Pontifical Universities of the Angelicum and the Gregorian, as well as at the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family in Rome, obtaining her doctorate with a thesis in moral theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. She has taught courses on moral theology and business ethics in the United States and in Italy. Currently Directress of Studies at the Markets, Culture and Ethics Research Centre at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Dr. Miller’s principle areas of research are the economy and the family.