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

Making Decisions Based On Mission And Values, Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

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Integrity Of Creation: Approaches To The True, The Good, And The Beautiful, Scott Kelley Apr 2010

Integrity Of Creation: Approaches To The True, The Good, And The Beautiful, Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

When Pope Paul VI established the Pontifical Commission for Justice and Peace in 1967 he did not include Integrity of Creation as part of the title. Social justice has long been a topic in papal encyclicals, but in recent decades the connection between social justice and the integrity of creation has received greater attention - especially under the leadership of Pope Benedict XVI, "the green Pope" as he is sometimes known. An important aspect of this growing awareness is the profound correspondence between “knowing and known," so that "structural features of the one are bound to be reflected in the …


Subsidiarity: Challenging The Top Down Bias, Scott Kelley Dec 2009

Subsidiarity: Challenging The Top Down Bias, Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

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.


Becoming The New Operating System, Scott Kelley Dec 2009

Becoming The New Operating System, Scott Kelley

Scott Kelley

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.