I ran across this today. It's an examination of what makes up a
moral economy. I happen to find it a compatible philosophy. What
do you think?

**************************************************************************
1. The economy exists for the person, not the person for the
economy.

2. All economic life should be shaped by moral principles.
Economic choices and institutions must be judged by how they
protect or undermine the life and dignity of the human person,
support the family and serve the common good.

3. A fundamental moral measure of any economy is how the poor
and vulnerable are faring.

4. All people have a right to life and to secure the basic
necessities of life (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, education,
health care, safe environment, economic security.)

5. All people have the right to economic initiative, to
productive work, to just wages and benefits, to decent working
conditions as well as to organize and join unions or other
associations.

6. All people, to the extent they are able, have a
corresponding duty to work, a responsibility to provide the
needs of their families and an obligation to contribute to the
broader society.

7. In economic life, free markets have both clear advantages
and limits; government has essential responsibilities and
limitations; voluntary groups have irreplaceable roles, but
cannot substitute for the proper working of the market and the
just policies of the state.

8. Society has a moral obligation, including governmental
action where necessary, to assure opportunity, meet basic human
needs, and pursue justice in economic life.

9. Workers, owners, managers, stockholders and consumers are
moral agents in economic life. By our choices, initiative,
creativity and investment, we enhance or diminish economic
opportunity, community life and social justice.

10. The global economy has moral dimensions and human
consequences. Decisions on investment, trade, aid and
development should protect human life and promote human rights,
especially for those most in need wherever they might live on
this globe.
**************************************************************************


BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

... There is a current shortage of plowshares and a vast surplus of swords.
--- Via Silver Xpress V4.5/P [Reg]
* Origin: Doc's Place BBS Fido Since 1991 docsplace.tzo.com (1:123/140)