This article raises three challenges to Richard McCormick's proportionalism. First, adequately to judge proportionate reason requires the specification of a particular background moral content and metaphysical context. Absent such specification, evaluation of proportionate reason is inherently...

The ethical dimension of market solutions to problems is often neglected by their proponents. This article examines the market from the standpoint of orthodox Roman Catholic moral theology. It illustrates how Catholic theologians have contributed to thinking about the market, draws attention to...

Die Interaktion aller beteiligten einzelnen ist der polyzentrische Ursprung aller gesellschaftlichen Ordnung und damit auch der Ordnung des Wirtschaftens. Diese Einsicht Friedrich Hayeks greift Eilert Herms in den Studien dieses Bandes auf und entwickelt sie kritisch fort, so daß sie als...