Catholic Economic Ethics

Author: Xi Lin
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Publish Date: 2003-10-01
Features: This book is part of the "Christian Classical Thought Collection" from Langlang Study House, specifically "Catholic Economic Ethics." Language is the vessel of thought and culture, and the quality of Christian thought transcends ethnicity, while its form clings to the national language. Therefore, Christian thought is both universal and possesses the ideological individuality of the national language. Over nearly two millennia of linguistic evolution, Christian thought continues to extend through the cultural expressions of various ethnic groups, becoming a significant structural element of world culture. When "Catholic Economic Ethics" was published, it was the early stages of Hitler's rise to power in Germany, establishing his totalitarian rule of national socialism. However, in terms of its content, it actually addresses the socio-economic realities of the Weimar Republic after World War I, exhibiting clear textbook characteristics. The book argues the concepts, tasks, possibilities, principles, and sources of economic ethics; discusses the faith foundation, basic concepts, and requirements of Catholic economic ethics, as well as its non-economic premises; explores the fundamental stages of economic activity: production, circulation, distribution, and consumption; and examines the application of Catholic economic ethics' basic principles from the perspective of fundamental economic sectors: agriculture, industry, commerce, and finance. The basic principles and requirements of Catholic economic ethics reflected in this work remain valid to this day. After addressing the fundamental issues of Catholic economic ethics from both theoretical and practical perspectives, the author expresses a commitment to the belief in "social organicism" and defines the church's authority and tasks in the economic sphere.