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diseases themselves make a preferential option for the poor.
Pathologies of Power
Paul Farmer, Amartya Sen (Foreword)
15. Community discernment should be an ongoing process. The actual time of discernment is no more than an intense period in the continuously evolving life of the community. Discernment must blend into a broader movement of life.
Discernment
Ladislas Orsy, SJ
Since economics presupposes an anthropology, capitalism, founded on the idea of sinful man, is the system that corresponds best to human nature. Realism excludes any consideration of change: selfishness remains selfishness, generosity remains generosity. The economy is a system based on selfishness, not on generosity, and Christianity must surrender to this reality by keeping generosity in its proper place, which is in spheres of life other than the economic.
Catholic Discordance
Massimo Borghesi
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