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DePaul University

Mission and Ministry Publications

2010

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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Making Decisions Based On Mission And Values, Scott Kelley Sep 2010

Making Decisions Based On Mission And Values, Scott Kelley

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Becoming The New Operating System, Scott Kelley Jan 2010

Becoming The New Operating System, Scott Kelley

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Like their non-religious counterparts, institutions of Catholic higher education are becoming more interested in the notion of sustainability. Much more than merely "greening" their campuses, however, Catholic colleges and universities have the opportunity to become a living laboratory for the "new operating system" that environmentalists like Paul Hawken are demanding.


Subsidiarity: Challenging The Top Down Bias, Scott Kelley Jan 2010

Subsidiarity: Challenging The Top Down Bias, Scott Kelley

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Global poverty has received significant attention in the past decade, particularly after the adoption of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals in 2002. Commentators and ethicists like Peter Singer have long held that the wealthy of the world have an obligation to help the poor. While the sentiments may be positive, there are real harms that have come from this kind of top down thinking. Subsidiarity, to the contrary, is a much more realistic and morally tenable approach to global poverty.