Readings Guide and Key Points Week4:

Connors Chapter 5: Morality and stories

Our stories tell us a lot about ourselves. What we choose to tell and why speaks volumes about the character of ourselves and our communities.

Stories:

Express who we are

Are our moral teachers

Types of stories:

Myths

Apologues

Satires

Parable

What types of stories should we tell and become?

Bishops Pastoral on Economics

Six Key Principles:

1. Every economic decision and institution must be judged in light of whether it protects or undermines the dignity of the human person.

2. Human dignity can be realized and protected only in community.

3. All people have a right to participate in the economic life of society.

4. All members of society have a special obligation to the poor and vulnerable.

5. Human rights are the minimum conditions for life in community

6. Society as a whole, acting through public and private institutions, has the moral responsibility to enhance human dignity and protect human rights.