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From Commodification to the Common Good

Author : Hans Radder
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822987090
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book From Commodification to the Common Good written by Hans Radder and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The commodification of science—often identified with commercialization, or the selling of expertise and research results and the “capitalization of knowledge” in academia and beyond—has been investigated as a threat to the autonomy of science and academic culture and criticized for undermining the social responsibility of modern science. In From Commodification to the Common Good, Hans Radder revisits the commodification of the sciences from a philosophical perspective to focus instead on a potential alternative, the notion of public-interest science. Scientific knowledge, he argues, constitutes a common good only if it serves those affected by the issues at stake, irrespective of commercial gain. Scrutinizing the theory and practices of scientific and technological patenting, Radder challenges the legitimacy of commercial monopolies and the private appropriation and exploitation of research results. His book invites us to reevaluate established laws and to question doctrines and practices that may impede or even prohibit scientific research and social progress so that we might achieve real and significant transformations in service of the common good.

Journey to the Common Good

Author : Walter Brueggemann
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 1646982010
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Common Good written by Walter Brueggemann and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A decade ago, Walter Brueggemann called the church to journey together for the good of our community through neighborliness, covenanting, and reconstruction. He distilled this challenge to its most basic issues: Where is the church going? What is its role in contemporary society? What lessons does it have to offer a world enmeshed in turbulent times? Published originally in 2010, Journey to the Common Good spoke to an era defined in large part by America's efforts to rebuild from an age of terror as it navigated its way through an economic collapse. Today, the dual crises of the coronavirus and the disease of racial injustice present daunting new challenges for the church as it seeks the good of its neighbors. In a new introduction to this updated edition, Brueggemann links the wilderness tradition of Exodus to these current crises, as a framework to help the church navigate this time of risk and vulnerability and to pursue a genuine social alternative to the governance of Pharaoh. The answer to the question of the church’s role in society is the same answer God gave to the Israelites thousands of years ago: love your neighbor and work for the common good.

The Common Good

Author : Robert B. Reich
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525436375
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good written by Robert B. Reich and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-01-15 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert B. Reich makes a powerful case for the expansion of America’s moral imagination. Rooting his argument in common sense and everyday reality, he demonstrates that a common good constitutes the very essence of any society or nation. Societies, he says, undergo virtuous cycles that reinforce the common good as well as vicious cycles that undermine it, one of which America has been experiencing for the past five decades. This process can and must be reversed. But first we need to weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership. Powerful, urgent, and utterly vital, this is a heartfelt missive from one of our foremost political thinkers.

For the Common Good

Author : Christine Harman
Publisher : Upper Room Books
ISBN 13 : 0881779601
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (817 download)

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Download or read book For the Common Good written by Christine Harman and published by Upper Room Books. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the Common Good reminds us that the Holy Spirit gives each Christian one or more spiritual gifts to be used for the common good. It guides readers to discover their own particular gifts and learn to use their gifts to serve others. Examining key passages in Paul's writings, author Christine Harman leads readers through a personal spiritual gift assessment. She names 25 distinct spiritual gifts—such as discernment, hospitality, compassion, evangelism, or music—and helps people explore scripture references on each one. After identifying their particular gifts, clergy and laypeople will learn how to apply them for the good of their church, community, and the world. This book is ideal for both group study and self-discovery. The book also includes suggestions for how to build a ministry team based on the gifts of each individual. This book is the text for a Lay Servant Ministries advanced course on spiritual gifts. It also can be used for a small-group study.

The Common Good

Author : Noam Chomsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781878825087
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good written by Noam Chomsky and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How adroitly he cuts through the crap and really says something", describes "The Village Voice" of world-famous political writer and lecturer Noam Chomsky. In his latest report on the state of the world, Chomsky discusses a breathtaking variety of topics, ranging from Japan's trade policies to the "war" on drugs, corporate welfare, and much more.

The Common Good and Christian Ethics

Author : David Hollenbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521894517
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good and Christian Ethics written by David Hollenbach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes both practical and theoretical contributions to the developing shape of religious life today.

Toward the Common Good

Author : John E. Forliti
Publisher : GIA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780159505892
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Toward the Common Good written by John E. Forliti and published by GIA Publications. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toward the Common Good is ideal for use with high school students to explore the theme of the Common Good. The book uses the three-step approach to Catholic Social Teaching: Observe, Judge, Act. These steps include noted observations and experiences of society, discussion questions and citation of related scripture and Church documents from which to make an evaluation and judgement, and suggestions for action.

The (Un)Common Good

Author : Jim Wallis
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441221824
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book The (Un)Common Good written by Jim Wallis and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2014-05-27 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Wallis thinks our life together can be better. In this timely and provocative book, he shows us how to reclaim Jesus's ancient and compelling vision of the common good--a vision that impacts and inspires not only our politics but also our personal lives, families, churches, neighborhoods, and world. Now available in paperback with a new preface. "Personal/political, religion/politics, faith/power, ideology/pragmatism . . . Jim Wallis is a wrestler of values, ideas, and policies and how they interact to shape the world we live in. His deep, melodious voice is easy to listen to, but what he says takes a harder commitment to live by."--Bono, lead singer of U2; cofounder of ONE.org "Wallis persuades more powerfully here than ever before. . . . He lays out the theology of [Jesus's gospel of the kingdom] and then issues to all Christians a rallying cry to apply that theology both in private life and in the arena of public activity."--Phyllis Tickle, author of Emergence Christianity "Jim Wallis has long been an influential voice on Christian ethics and public life. . . . A fresh take on the interplay of faith and politics in America."--Relevant "Jim Wallis and I have a variety of differences on domestic and international policy, but there is no message more timely or urgent than his call to actively consider the common good."--Michael Gerson, op-ed columnist, The Washington Post "Reading this book will help you be more like Jesus, especially in the public square."--Joel C. Hunter, senior pastor, Northland--A Church Distributed

Business for the Common Good

Author : Kenman L. Wong
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830868410
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Business for the Common Good written by Kenman L. Wong and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-01-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is business just a way to make money? Or can the marketplace a venue for service to others? Scott B. Rae and Kenman L. Wong seek to explore this and other critical business issues from a uniquely Christian perspective, offering up a vision for work and service that is theologically grounded and practically oriented. Among the specific questions they address along the way are these: What implications does the Christian story have for the vision, mission or sense of purpose that shapes business engagement? What parts of business can be affirmed and practiced "as is" and what parts need to be rejected or transformed? What challenges exist as attempts are made to live out Christian ideals in a broken world characterized by tight margins, fierce competition and short-term investor pressures? How do Christian values inform specific functional areas of business such as the management of people, marketing and environmental sustainability? Business can be even more than an environment through which individual Christians grow in Christlikeness. In this book you'll discover how it can also be a means toward serving the common good. The Christian Worldview Integration Series, edited by J. P. Moreland and Francis J. Beckwith, seeks to promote a robust personal and conceptual integration of Christian faith and learning, with textbooks focused on disciplines such as education, psychology, literature, politics, science, communications, biology, philosophy, and history.

Advancing the Common Good

Author : Philip Kotler
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440872457
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Advancing the Common Good written by Philip Kotler and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2019-09-30 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These inspiring stories of prominent reformers fighting for the Common Good help concerned readers and voters recognize which actions and proposals will substantially elevate the happiness and well-being of citizens. Philip Kotler describes how today's society is in a state of "durable disorder," with authoritarianism on the rise and democracy on the decline around the world. He highlights the role of the Common Good and offers readers a guide to fortifying democratic values and creating organizations that pursue a better vision of the world. This text is essential for: Public citizens who want to help solve their community's problems Businesses that want to contribute to the public good Government agencies aiming to improve services and innovations Nonprofit organizations dedicated to meeting public needs Kotler details tools for public action used by luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, Rachel Carson, and Nelson Mandela, describing the advances these reformers achieved and mapping out strategies for delivering "the greatest good for the greatest number."

For the Common Good

Author : Herman E. Daly
Publisher : Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book For the Common Good written by Herman E. Daly and published by Beacon Press (MA). This book was released on 1989 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daly (economist, the World Bank) and Cobb (philosophy, Claremont Graduate School) expose the outmoded abstractions of mainstream economic theory. They conclude, in particular, that economic growth--the prevailing yardstick for measuring economic success--is no longer an appropriate goal as energy consumption, overpopulation, and pollution increase. Instead, they propose a new measure for the economy--the Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Common Good

Author : Amitai Etzioni
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745686478
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good written by Amitai Etzioni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Amitai Etzioni, public intellectual and leading proponent of communitarian values, defends the view that no society can flourish without a shared obligation to “the common good.” Rejecting claims made by some liberal thinkers that it is not possible to balance individual rights with uncoerced civic responsibility, Etzioni explores a number of key issues which pose important questions for those concerned with promoting the common good in contemporary society. Are we morally obliged to do more for our communities beyond treating everyone as endowed with basic rights? Should privacy be regarded not merely as a right but also as an obligation? And should the right to free speech take priority over the need to protect children from harmful material in the media and on the internet? Etzioni asks how we can strike a healthy balance between individual rights and public safety in an age of global terrorism. He evaluates various new government devices, from wiretaps to viruses, which open our lives to public scrutiny. Particular attention is given to the issues surrounding government-issued DNA tests. The book concludes by questioning whether we can still talk of a relationship between the common good and the nation-state, or whether the “online” society in which we live will make it increasingly difficult to maintain those communities which are the very homeland of the common good. This new book, by one of the world’s leading social and political thinkers, will be important reading for students and scholars of political science, social philosophy, sociology, and public policy, as well as for the interested general reader.

In Search of the Common Good

Author : Jake Meador
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830845542
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Common Good written by Jake Meador and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Common life in our society is in decline—our communities are disintegrating, our public discourse is hateful, and economic inequalities are widening. In this book, Jake Meador reclaims a vision of common life for our fractured times: a vision that doesn't depend on the destinies of our economies or our political institutions, but on our citizenship in a heavenly city. Only through that vision can we truly work together for the common good.

The Common Good and Christian Ethics

Author : David Hollenbach
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521894517
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (945 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good and Christian Ethics written by David Hollenbach and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Makes both practical and theoretical contributions to the developing shape of religious life today.

The Common Good: Chinese and American Perspectives

Author : David Solomon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400772726
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Common Good: Chinese and American Perspectives written by David Solomon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the Confucian philosophy of common good and deals with the comparative philosophy on eastern and western understandings of common good. The common good is an essentially contested concept in contemporary moral and political discussions. Although the notion of the common good has a slightly antique air, especially in the North Atlantic discussion, it has figured prominently in both the sophisticated theoretical accounts of moral and political theory in recent years and also in the popular arguments brought for particular political policies and for more general orientations toward policy. It has been at home both in the political arsenal of the left and the right and has had special significance in ethical and political debates in modern and modernizing cultures. This text will be of interest to philosophers interested in Chinese philosophy and issues related to individualism and communitarianism, ethicists and political philosophers, comparative philosophers, and those in religious studies working on Chinese religion.

The One and the Many

Author : Martin E. Marty
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674638273
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book The One and the Many written by Martin E. Marty and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: E pluribus unum no longer holds. Out of the many have come as many claims and grievances, all at war with the idea of one nation undivided. The damage thus done to our national life, as too few Americans seek a common good, is Martin Marty's concern. His book is an urgent call for repair and a personal testament toward resolution. A world-renowned authority on religion and ethics in America, Marty gives a judicious account (itself a rarity and a relief in our day of uncivil discourse) of how the body politic has been torn between the imperative of one people, one voice, and the separate urgings of distinct identities--racial, ethnic, religious, gendered, ideological, economic. Foreseeing an utter deadlock in public life, with devastating consequences, if this continues, he envisions steps we might take to carry America past the new turbulence. While the grand story of oneness eludes us (and probably always will), Marty reminds us that we do have a rich, ever-growing, and ever more inclusive repertory of myths, symbols, histories, and, most of all, stories on which to draw. He pictures these stories, with their diverse interpretations, as part of a conversation that crosses the boundaries of groups. Where argument polarizes and deafens, conversation is open ended, guided by questions, allowing for inventiveness, fair play, and dignity for all. It serves as a medium in Marty's broader vision, which replaces the restrictive, difficult, and perhaps unattainable ideal of "community" with the looser, more workable idea of "association." An "association of associations" is what Marty contemplates, and for the spirit and will to promote it he looks to eighteenth-century motifs of sentiment and affection, convergences of intellect and emotion that develop from shared experience. And as this book so eloquently reminds us, America, however diverse, is an experience we all share.

Integralism and the Common Good

Author : P. Edmund Waldstein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781621387893
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (878 download)

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Download or read book Integralism and the Common Good written by P. Edmund Waldstein and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-10 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wisdom, in the full sense, is a matter of knowing something that is not subject to political deliberation, that is, the First Principle and Last End of all things. It includes understanding the order of all things from that Principle and to that End-an order that we, as human beings, ought to reflect and embody in our own actions and in our common life in society. The political implications of this truth have been obscured in the modern era by the errors of liberalism, which, granting human reason a false supremacy, makes of man's own deliberation the only measure of the good, even its originator. The result is that every society comes to be seen and treated as a conventional, contractual, artificial, collective egoism. The authors whose writings appear in this volume-most of them first published at The Josias-share the conviction that there is urgent need to combat the errors of liberalism, both in the world and in the Catholic Church itself-for men cannot be truly happy unless their lives are integrated into the greater order that emanates from God. To overcome modern errors, a "broadening of reason" is necessary: we must draw upon the deepest sources of philosophical and theological wisdom, upon the deepest insights of human reason reflecting on the whole breadth of human experience, and upon the supernatural light of Divine Revelation. This first volume of essays treats the main questions of practical philosophy: the principles of human action and the common goods of natural human communities, ranging from the smallest and most fundamental (the household) to the greatest and most encompassing (the political community). The second volume will be devoted to the relations of those natural communities to the supernatural Kingdom established by Christ.