tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post2479790598590807039..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: On restoring a Catholic moral grammarMatthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-58164053944693312822013-02-20T04:54:49.102-06:002013-02-20T04:54:49.102-06:00Paul Grenier: Many thanks for stopping by; very g...<b>Paul Grenier</b>: Many thanks for stopping by; very glad you enjoyed it! Hope you continue to comment here!<br /><br /><b>John</b>: Many thanks! That was the implicit critique of the traditionalist anti-<i>Caritas</i> paper I linked to: the author's idea was that we can expect private Christian philanthropy to always and everywhere be a morally sufficient response to the problem of poverty, even though the doctrine of original sin, rightly considered, is every bit as distrustful of Christian individuals as well as non-Christians, and moreover casts equally healthy doubts on the initiatives of individuals and institutions.<br /><br />And I like your point about Marxism-Leninism, by the way. I may have to borrow that one next time I get into an argument with a Catholic libertarian!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-76304202367721073762013-02-18T10:01:47.842-06:002013-02-18T10:01:47.842-06:00Great post. I notice that most of the right-wing C...Great post. I notice that most of the right-wing Catholic writers argue that if people were more ethical we would have a better economic system without the need for state intervention. This is so naïve it is laughable. <br /><br />First, even if we are assume for the sake of argument that most capitalists are good people the logic of capitalism dictates that they sometimes make socially harmful decisions (mass layoffs, working employees to the bone, outsourcing to countries with no labor rights, etc.) in order to successfully compete in the marketplace against less scrupulous competitors. <br /><br />But more fundamentally, knowing what we know about human sin and human history, how can we simply say that we must rely on the good faith of private actors to obtain justice? Would Fr. Sirico apply the same logic to the State, which, after all, is also run by sinful humans? Should we simply hope that we get moral politicians who won’t throw us into prison for no reason, or do we fight to change the system to make sure certain rights are guaranteed to us? Were the problems of Marxism-Leninism intrinsic or did they just need better people in the vanguard party? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-70661277462702033062013-02-17T23:31:46.929-06:002013-02-17T23:31:46.929-06:00I like. I can't find anything to disagree with...I like. I can't find anything to disagree with here. Keep at it. - Paul GrenierPaul Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465767746914113525noreply@blogger.com