“The key question in every transaction is whether or not the transaction contributes to the flourishing of each person involved, and this question can only be judged, from a theological point of view, according to the end of human life,… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“To consume the Eucharist is an act of anticonsumption, for here to consume is to be consumed, to be taken up into participation in… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“The key to true freedom is not just following whatever desires we happen to have, but cultivating the right desires. This means that the… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“When is a market free?" With regard to the first corollary identified above, freedom in Augustine's view is not simply the absence of external interference. Augustine's view of freedom is more complex: freedom is not simply a negative freedom from, but a freedom for, a capacity to achieve certain worthwhile goals. All of those goals are taken up into the… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share
“The way you buy has a lot to do with the way you worship and who you worship and what you worship.” — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“The key question in every transaction is whether or not the transaction contributes to the flourishing of each person involved, and this question can… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“This is the sense in which Augustine says "freedom of choice is not made void but established by grace, since grace heals the will… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“For Augustine, on the other hand, sin is not a power but a weakness. Augustine uses the metaphors of slavery and sickness to discuss… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“According to Friedman, if individuals are voluntarily entering into exchanges from which both parties expect to benefit, then the market is free. This is… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
“In the ideology of the free market, freedom is conceived as the absence of interference from others. There are no common ends to which… — William T. Cavanaugh Copy Share Image
