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Article Information:
Title:
DISTRIBUTION - The encyclicals and rights to distributions in contract- and status-based economies
Author(s):
Patrick J. Welch
Journal:
International Journal of Social Economics
Year:
1998
Volume:
Issue:
Page:
1608 - 1617
ISSN:
0306-8293
DOI:
10.1108/03068299810233222
Publisher:
MCB UP Ltd
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Abstract:
The encyclicals of Popes John Paul II, Pius XI and Leo XIII affirm people’s rights to distributions, and the responsibility of those who are able to care for the poor. These positions trace largely to arguments from Scripture, Aristotle, Aguinas and Locke, and focus on the protection of private property rights and status rights. Although built on authority that is both antiquated and most closely associated with theology and philosophy, the positions, by focusing on rights that are the foundation on which modern economics are organized, are expressed in a way that is consistent with the operation of those economies.
Keywords:
Distribution, Property rights, Religion, Social economics, Wealth
Article Type:
Research paper