Winter 2010 - Series 1

Three Things Talks: Caritas in Veritate - "Introducing the Encyclical, Emphasizing the Economy"
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Charles M. A. Clark is a Professor of Economics.  He is the author or editor of nine books, including:  Rediscovering Abundance (2006) and more than 120 professional publications.    Dr. Clark has been Visiting Professor of Economics at University College Cork, Ireland and at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome.    Dr. Clark was recently a member of the Holy See Delegation to the United Nations High Level Conference on the Financial Crisis.  

Overview
A Humane Economy starts with an understanding of the human person.  Three things to be considered are:  (1) what is a human person in Catholic Social Teaching/Caritas in Veritate (CST/CV) and Economic theory; (2) why economics needs a CST/CV understanding of the person; and (3) implications of the CST/CV view of the human person for economic practice.

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Three Things Talks: Caritas in Veritate - "Accounting for the Gift of the Human Person"

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Marilyn Martone, Ph.D. is an associate professor of moral theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University. Her fields of concentration are health care ethics, moral theory, and justice specifically as it relates to women and children. She is one of The Holy See’s representatives to the United Nations on women’s issues.

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In Pope Benedict’s encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, he offers an alternative view to the market approach for organizing society. This presentation will focus on the understanding of “gift” and its importance in maintaining persons as the focus of all economic life.

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Three Things Talks: Caritas in Veritate - "Navigating the Virtual World Virtuously"
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Patrick S. Flanagan, CM is an assistant professor of theology in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John’s University.  He has a Ph.D. in Theological Ethics (2007) from Loyola University, Chicago.   His research focuses on the intersections of moral theology and the marketplace and information technology. 

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Three things will be addressed in this talk:  (1) What are the pressing problems of information technology?  (2) What insights does Pope Benedict offer in Caritas in Veritate?  (3) What might be some practical suggestions for a computer user to virtuously navigate cyberspace?

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