...Giuseppe Gaburro; Giancarlo Cressotti Traditionally, one of the most central themes of the social teaching of the Church has been the ethical value of the human person as a creature endowed with an original personality. As a person, man works for a particular purpose, in a pragmatic and rational...

...Giovanni Tondini In this essay, the author explores John Paul II’s thought on human work, and argues that, just as the Jesuit Henrich Pesch and members of his study group contributed directly to the preparation of Pius XI’s Quadragesimo Anno in 1931, Pietro Pavan helped advance John Paul...

...Gerard Stockhausen In the thought of John Paul II, an accurate understanding of the human person includes the relationship of economic life to full human life. Just as human work is essential to human life lived in imitation of God, so is rest and leisure. Lacking a clear sense of leisure, human...

...Jon D. Wisman Although the Catholic Church has rarely throughout its long history taken stances on socio‐economic issues that might be characterized as socially progressive, its view of work has constituted a notable exception. Its early view not only granted work dignity, but also reinforced...

... model must be modified to incorporate geographical stability as a significant factor for consumers. Capitalism Consumers Labour mobility Religion Social economics Work © MCB UP Limited 1998 Especially in Centesimus Annus the Pope acknowledges that international capitalism...

...Alan S. Caniglia The conventional economic analysis of welfare programmes is based on the work disincentive issue. This has become a leading justification for recent discussions of welfare reform in the USA that emphasize getting recipients off the rolls and back into productive employment...

... of competition. Other regimes, with their different views on ideology and social values, may be tolerated. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Economics Industrial relations Industry Ownership Social economics Work Mainstream economics views the workplace from the perspective of property rights, maximum...

...Edward J. O'Boyle The need for work as such, along with physical need, are the two fundamental needs that flow directly from the materiality of human nature. For this reason, these two needs, taken together, are referred to as human material need. The embodiment of human beings is crucial for both...