http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com Christianity and Economics Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:20:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/10/the-science-of-killing-the-tiny/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/10/the-science-of-killing-the-tiny/#comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:25:12 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=928
Civil libertarian Nat Hentoff  views the pro-life stance as an extension of the fight for human rights, in this case for the really, really tiny ones yet to be born. Yesterday’s reversal of the ban on federal funding of fetal stem cell research was claimed to be above politics and ideology. How can elected officials, or their [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/03/10/the-science-of-killing-the-tiny/feed/ 4 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/24/the-immorality-of-the-committee-for-the-prevention-of-bad-things-from-ever-happening/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/24/the-immorality-of-the-committee-for-the-prevention-of-bad-things-from-ever-happening/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:43:17 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=852
There is no such committee, yet. Given the recent push by government, especially the federal government, to assume jurisdiction over more and more areas of economic and social activity, it seems to be the direction we are heading in. I think this is a very wrong direction. Is the national government reaching beyond its proper role? This [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2009/02/24/the-immorality-of-the-committee-for-the-prevention-of-bad-things-from-ever-happening/feed/ 4 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/17/values-and-value/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/17/values-and-value/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:12:47 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=257
Oh dear. What can be said of Ann Pettifor’s article in the Guardian on the spiritual meaning of the recent financial turmoil? Is it possible to untangle the different connotations of values and value she writes about? Let us begin our college try with her sermon’s conclusion. “As a first step to applying those social values, we [...]]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/10/17/values-and-value/feed/ 0 http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/values-and-valuation/ http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/values-and-valuation/#comments Thu, 25 Sep 2008 17:28:03 +0000 Stephen J. Haessler http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/?p=165
The St. James lesson explores Biblical references to value, Catholic perspectives on the universal destination of goods, and the economics of diminishing marginal utility. Students apply what they explored in this lesson by classifying and ranking twenty goods and services on the basis of economic and moral criteria. ]]> http://www.apostlesandmarkets.com/2008/09/25/values-and-valuation/feed/ 0