In the
first part
, I explained the basics of the Catholic view, including the claim that property rights are limited by “the right to common use.” In this second half, I explore two applications of this view: 1) the principle that “need makes common,” and 2) the goal of “socializing” the means of production.
Mad Men, Pan Am, X-Men: First Class—why our sudden collective obsession with the early 1960s?
The vocation of parenting in early childhood is crucially important, both mentally and spiritually. Here are the three keys to healthy child-rearing.
What does the institution of private property have to do with the fact that all of creation is the gift of God? Part one in a two-part series, concluding next Monday, October 10.
I wish Jonathan Chaplin’s recently published book had been available to me twenty years ago. Understanding Dooyeweerd’s distinctions and frameworks would’ve come much more easily with Chaplin’s aid.
Much Western theorizing has taken the reductionist path. In response, theories of civil society have appeared that attempt (with varying degrees of success) to account for the rich diversity of institutions, associations, and communities of our daily lives.
Today, Comment breaks new ground: a playful distillation of the philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd’s work, in cartoon form. The dense is made clear.
Ninth in an expert series on must-read books.
Google’s efforts to “organize the world’s information” fail to recognize that some things are not reducible to information.
Somewhere down the road, if I were to share with my daughter any of the wisdom I have gleaned during this time about how to be a Christian and a graduate student, I’d say these four simple things.
Remaining human in the transition to large language models.
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