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Post by kchoya on Apr 27, 2012 12:21:05 GMT -5
So he only believes in free markets because Adam Smith thought the invisible hand was God? Jeez, are you intentionally trying to over-simplfy everything? There is a big middle ground in between the two extremes.
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Post by Buckets on Apr 27, 2012 14:22:32 GMT -5
So he only believes in free markets because Adam Smith thought the invisible hand was God? And how have we gotten to the point where a fiscal Republican is ashamed to be associated Ayn Rand? It'd be hilarious if it wasn't so phony baloney. He probably believes in free markets because they work. Something he learned as an economics major. Too bad our current president's major was political science, otherwise our economy might not be such a joke. I would hope that an education paid for by a federal social insurance program would lead to a more nuanced view than "markets work."
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Post by Nevada Hoya on Apr 27, 2012 19:46:30 GMT -5
I'm sure you could read it otherwise if you tried, but he's saying that the fact that that philosophy is not based on the existence of God is reason to dismiss it out of hand. Atheists only make up about 12% of the American electorate (last I read) and the person most famous for being an atheist in this country is a dickhead. 29% of conservative voters said in 2007 that they would even consider voting for an atheist ( link), so this is not some politically controversial statement he's making. Who is the person most famous for being an atheist in this country? Bill Maher?
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Post by sead43 on May 2, 2012 8:34:27 GMT -5
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Post by SSHoya on May 2, 2012 11:42:27 GMT -5
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
2425 The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." She has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of "capitalism," individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the marketplace over human labor. Regulating the economy solely by centralized planning perverts the basis of social bonds; regulating it solely by the law of the marketplace fails social justice, for "there are many human needs which cannot be satisfied by the market. Reasonable regulation of the marketplace and economic initiatives, in keeping with a just hierarchy of values and a view to the common good, is to be commended.
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Post by kchoya on May 2, 2012 12:52:57 GMT -5
The Catechism of the Catholic Church 2425 The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modem times with "communism" or "socialism." She has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of "capitalism," individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the marketplace over human labor. Regulating the economy solely by centralized planning perverts the basis of social bonds; regulating it solely by the law of the marketplace fails social justice, for "there are many human needs which cannot be satisfied by the market. Reasonable regulation of the marketplace and economic initiatives, in keeping with a just hierarchy of values and a view to the common good, is to be commended. What's the point of this?
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Post by EasyEd on May 2, 2012 13:16:55 GMT -5
He calls Georgetown "the preeminent Catholic university" so, points in my book... Very effective satire.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on May 2, 2012 13:30:59 GMT -5
Minor point of order: "Georgetown" didn't write this letter. It is not a "Georgetown letter." A group of Georgetown professors wrote this letter.
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Post by SSHoya on May 2, 2012 13:50:50 GMT -5
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Post by kchoya on May 2, 2012 14:26:40 GMT -5
Putting aside your characterization, how is that in conflict with what you quoted above?
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Post by nodak89 on May 2, 2012 16:01:58 GMT -5
Minor point of order: "Georgetown" didn't write this letter. It is not a "Georgetown letter." A group of Georgetown professors wrote this letter. Good point, but I didn't think "Several Georgetown faculty, SJs letter" would fit in the thread title.
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