And this is why

I argue that today Christians can't be Capitalists - because the very Capitalism espoused below has become mainstream.

Profit with No (Real) Gain: “Why I’m Leaving Goldman Sachs”

"Many proponents of capitalism, particularly the libertarian/Ayn Rand (Ayn Rand, so far away)-kind, argue that self-interest is good morally and beneficial economically."

Ah, Ayn Rand, the pin-up girl (would she ever hate THAT description) of the newly liberated first and second-year university students! In our culture today, the earliest 'me' generation has become the purveyor of all that is evil about Capitalism...

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Dilemmas...

Zimbabwe: Tobacco Farming Stirs Debate in Religious Circles

What is the moral and ethical thing for them to do? I can see how it can be a difficult thing...

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It is biology, you see.

Morality, that is. Or that's the idea, anyway...


Rule Breaker

"When it comes to morality, the philosopher Patricia Churchland refuses to stand on principle"

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Wow!

Signing Away My Life?

If you get to go on their show they own any artistic property you create anywhere in the universe for all time? You may want to consider giving a waiver like that a miss.

On another point, aren't most 'reality tv talent shows' shows antithetical to most Christian values? Don't most people watch them to see people humiliated and belittled rather than for the talent or success of people? I may be wrong, but most people I talk to seem to focus more on that than on people's talent.

And don't get me started on all the other types of reality shows. It's all about trying to get people to stick around and watch, and human beings seem to want to watch train wrecks rather than cute little animals...

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A good life = living well?

What Is a Good Life?

But what is living well?

Separating morals and ethics and...

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Poll: More Americans Say U.S. Morality Getting Worse

And it's rubbing off on us, their neighbours!

(Or we're getting worse on our own. Yeah, that's likely it...)

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Anyone who has had one in the family

knows that dogs easily learn right from wrong, and it's more than just fear of retribution, they honestly feel badly about their wrong behaviour...

The Ethical Dog

"Looking for the roots of human morality in the animal kingdom? Focus on canines, who know how to play fair"

Zeussie, our last, lovely dog, who shuffled off a few years ago, was one of the types of dogs who had good control of her facial muscles. When she was happy she could smile (and did she ever smile, particularly for ice cream!), she also could show the most 'hang-dog' look when she knew she had done something wrong, and she could engage in the most distracting behaviour to try to distract us from finding out that she had done something wrong.

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That's the question,

isn't it?

Are You Temperate, Insensible, or Insatiable?

Well? Are you virtuous?

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Nature, nurture,

or 'what the heck, I think I'll have another beer'...

It Seems Biology (Not Religion) Equals Morality

(Sorry. I just thought there should be a third option...)

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The end of the end?

The Death of Morality

Darwin comes in for his usual drubbing...

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When did you last hear the word

usury?

It's All About Usury

Not enough Catholics know even the basics of Catholic social teaching. Our Church does a really bad job of education, and we, as rank-and-file Catholics, do a horrible job of demanding good, in-depth moral and social teaching...

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The Beatitudes

The Beatitudes

And so much more...

The Right and the Left

It's best not to get oneself locked into either ideology at the expense of rational thought...

Poor Jimmy Akin

The shining stars of the Catholic bloggers are now commenting on one another's posts...

(I have to admit that I believe that Mr. Shea has a great sense of humour. You can tell by the way he talks about things. His conversion story CD is also called 'How I Got This Way'. That in itself sounds like it came from someone with a sense of humour...)

A really good article

from Jimmy Akin:

Harry Truman Was A War Criminal

It's not what you think. Read the comment discussion, too (ignore ones that slam Democrats and others not conservative enough for them, though. These people are everywhere, trying to keep the word 'liberal' in the lexicon of epithets.)

Though even the most hardened hawk would be hard-pressed to prove that the bombing of Nagasaki after the bombing of Hiroshima was necessary in any legal or moral way...

But...

It's the way of the world now, does anyone think that things will change? It's been this way throughout history...


Moral rebound finds Dutch exploring Calvin

"If the credit crisis makes anything clear, it shows we need to strengthen the moral anchors of our economy,"

"At its core this is also a moral crisis, caused by greed, money-mindedness and egoistic trading."

Our sad world...

The new morality - PLP

Bernie Madoff, Victim

And so it goes...