2010
DOI: 10.1163/156973210x491859
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Profits Without Honour? Economics, Theology and the Current Global Recession

Abstract: This article argues that the global economic crisis which began in 2008 creates opportunity for a wide-ranging debate about how internal and international markets operate; a debate to which theology would have much to contribute. While on the one hand it is important to look at the factors behind the crisis with a view to preventing its repetition, of greater worth would be a conversation-involving all stakeholdersabout the values that should underpin economic activity once the crisis has passed. This will inv… Show more

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“…It is equally true that a subject can't be ethical, moral and spiritual, but by practicing its principles consciously; ethically, morally and spiritually conscious generation can be shaped. Edmund Burke's dictum that "the laws of commerce are the laws of Nature, and therefore the laws of God" [3].…”
Section: Educational Support In Practicing Consciousmentioning
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“…It is equally true that a subject can't be ethical, moral and spiritual, but by practicing its principles consciously; ethically, morally and spiritually conscious generation can be shaped. Edmund Burke's dictum that "the laws of commerce are the laws of Nature, and therefore the laws of God" [3].…”
Section: Educational Support In Practicing Consciousmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Global economy is the system within which all else (human society, the planet and all other species) are subsumed as "subsystems" [3]. Thus, society's decisionmaking quality (consciousness) plays a significant role to find solutions to economic problems.…”
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