June 2010
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Jun 27th
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Jun 23rd
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Jun 20th
“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.
Jun 19th
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Jun 16th
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Jun 15th
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...
Jun 14th
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Jun 14th
Ride Along With Mitch →
A long - and sympathetic - profile of Mitch Daniels.
Jun 10th
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Jun 8th
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Jun 7th
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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
Jun 5th
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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.
Jun 4th