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Aug 2020
Last Sunday I commented that privilege of birth (and lack thereof) involves an extraordinary coincidence of countless accidents; each one of us, individually and impersonally, from the perspective of all created causality, is most improbable. For the atheist this thought is intolerable evidence of the utter meaningless of human life, for the believer it is like a kiss of divine love. The perspective of divine providence, however, introduces a new perspective on privilege, together with one great equalizer. The worldly perspective of privilege prioritizes such things as economic and social standing. Since......
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August 07, 2020
Privilege of birth: Atheism vs. Divine Providence
Last Sunday, I pointed out that there will be some who enter into this life in a more privileged condition, whether as regards health, or wealth, or access to education, or nationality, or social standing,...
July 31, 2020
Social Justice: Equal opportunity and privilege
Last Sunday, I observed that at the heart of American democracy is the promise of equal rights under the law, which provides for ‘equal opportunity’, especially for social, economic, and political advancement. This is very...
July 24, 2020
Equal of Rights vs. Equality of Results
Last Sunday I wrote about the dignity of the workman in comparison to the dignity of the work done, noting that sometimes the workman dignifies the work by the nobility of his character, but sometimes,...
July 17, 2020
The dignity of the workman vs. the dignity of the work
Last Sunday I wrote about the dignity of different kinds of work. There are types of work that are downright shameful, types of work that are pretty meaningless, and there are types of work...
July 10, 2020
Different kinds of work – a hierarchy of dignity
I have been writing about the dignity of work and the importance of work that is meaningful, personal, and truly human. We can divide work broadly into two kinds: the making of things and the...
July 04, 2020
Work that is meaningful, personal, and truly human
There is something inherently noble about honest work well done, but the process of industrialization and ‘technologization’ has emptied much work of its meaning. Assembly lines are famous for their dehumanizing character. In the United...
June 26, 2020
The nobility of work
Last Sunday, I introduced the subject of work and economic organization. Work, rather than consumption should be central to economic organization; work is not just a matter of income and making a living; work, especially...
June 19, 2020
An Introduction to the Dignity of Work
There are three great marvels in the natural order of human life: children who have been well brought up; a woman who is happily married; a man who finds satisfaction in his work, without neglecting...
June 12, 2020
Social Justice: Divorce strikes at the intimacy of love
I have been writing about the harm done by divorce in terms of the two ends of marriage: procreation and education of children and the intimacy of love. Last week, I wrote about the...