Solidarity in a Technocratic Age
Commercialization, Catholic Social Teaching, and Moral Formation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14760735 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Beauchamp (corresponding author), Jason A Heron |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 356-376 |
| Publication date | 2019-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Religious Ethics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0384-9694 • E-ISSN: 1467-9795 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jore.12259 |
| OpenAlex | W2947511390 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
Do free markets teach us how to construct humane social relations or do they impede us from doing so? We discuss social scientific evidence on the nature of commercialization and its consequences for moral formation. From a virtue ethics perspective, people face a need to learn and practice the good. When interactions transition into the market sphere, we argue commercialization can fundamentally alter the nature of relationships, particularly for those relations formerly based on gift, sacrifice, and obligation. While modern social scientists accurately identify problems resulting from commercialization, we argue for the importance of theological social ethics, which can offer a penetrating analysis of the habits of gift and communal responsibility. Catholic social teaching in particular outlines the set of principles and institutions which foster sacrificial gift‐giving among individuals and organizations within society, providing a bulwark against the threat commercialization poses to many social relations
Catholic social teaching · Commercialization · Construct (python library · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Face (sociological concept · Law and economics · Obligation · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social responsibility · Social science · Sociology · Solidarity · Technocracy · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment
Politics, products, and markets
Social Limits to Growth
Pay Enough or Don't Pay at All
Motivation Crowding Theory
A Fine is a Price
Equality and Efficiency
Laudato Si’
The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Social Norms and Economic Incentives in the Welfare State
Corporate Capitalism and the Common Good
Public subsidies and charitable giving
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |