Social Justice Review

This paper discusses for-profit social welfare and end-of-life issues in the U. S., and concludes that the strong profit motive, plus diminishing budgets, growing demands (such as an increased aged population) and other factors will result in increasing ethical problems vis-à-vis end-of-life issues.  The paper divides as follows:  (1) For-Profit Social Welfare Policy Sector and Human-Service Corporations; (2) Profit Motive Trumps End-of-Life Concerns; (3) Conclusion.  Read more »

Genesis, the Bible’s first book, starts with a creation story that portrays God as creating the universe in six days.  The thirty-six-verse account constitutes a theological mini-treatise on divine sovereignty, and not on scientific origins.  It portrays “the origination and ordering of all that is by the sovereign, initiating will of the Creator”.¹ It underscores the power of God’s word.  Although remarkably simple, this creation story is far more sophisticated than most other ancient creation accounts.  Quite noticeable is the absence of monsters being slain Read more »

It’s probably fair to say that we all start out wanting to be good and to do right, but it isn’t easy to be honest, or fair, or kind in a world which is often dishonest, unjust, and unkind—in a world, that is, which the Church calls “a fallen world”. That world is sorely afflicted with original sin and its consequent moral disorders and confusions, some inherited from our history and others peculiar to the present ambient culture. Read more »

The experience of individuals in the world shares certain consistent realities, and among those shared realities is response to institutional constancy.  We all share the experience of receiving promises that are not kept, from individuals representing institutions. Read more »