June 2010
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All the great religious traditions of the world say, “Love thy neighbor as...
– Dr Paul Farmer (founder of Partners in Health), quoted by Peter Singer in The Life You Can Save, p. 134.
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The basic argument of Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save:
First premise: Suffering and death from lack of food, shelter, and medical care are bad.
Second premise: If it is in your power to prevent something bad from happening, without sacrificing anything nearly as important, it is wrong not to do so.
Third premise: By donating to aid agencies, you can prevent suffering and death from...
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Ride Along With Mitch →
A long - and sympathetic - profile of Mitch Daniels.
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What happens to us, as Paul was at endless pains to remind people, when we hear...
– James Alison, “The Place of Shame and the Giving of the Spirit”, Undergoing God
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The universality and integrality of the salvation wrought by Christ makes...
– Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, III, b, 40.