Care for the World
Laudato Si' and Catholic Social Thought in an Era of Climate Crisis

This book applies and explores Catholic social thought, focusing on the relevance of the encyclical Laudato Si' in an era of climate crises.

Frank Pasquale (Edited by)

9781316510469, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 June 2019

206 pages
23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.41 kg

Convening leading scholars to reflect on the practical and philosophical implications of religious values, this volume is an accessible introduction to Catholic social thought on contemporary affairs. Its gracefully written chapters cover three themes - direct environmental policy implications of Laudato Si', philosophical alternatives to dominant policy discourse, and renewed political economy based on robust conceptions of human flourishing. Care for the World offers learned reflections on what it would mean to express an ethic of compassion in an era of climate crises.

Part I. Policy Implications of Laudato Si': 1. Our common responsibility for our common home: the activist vision of Laudato Si' Anthony Annett
2. Carbon trading and the morality of markets in Laudato Si' Eduardo M. Peñalver
3. The need for an 'integral ecology' in connection with the UN sustainable development goals Massimiliano Montini and Francesca Volpe
4. Alter-ecologies: envisioning papal and ecomodernist nuclear energy policy futures Vincent Ialenti
Part II. The Philosophy and Methodology of Laudato Si': 5. Laudato Si' and the tragedy of the 'throwaway culture' Lucia Silecchia
6. The other seamless garment – Laudato Si' on the human relationship to created nature Mark Shiffman
7. Towards a bright mountain – Laudato Si' and the critique of technology Zachary Loeb
8. A critique of mastery and an ethics of attunement: from Spe Salvi to Laudato Si' Frank Pasquale
Part III. Catholic Social Thought at Work and Play: 9. 'Truly, much can be done!': Cooperative economics from the book of acts to Pope Francis Nathan Schneider
10. Toward an ethic of 'civic and political love' in the workplace Amanda Jaret and David Gregory
11. Laudato Si' and augmented reality – in search of an 'integral ecology' for the digital age Alessandro Spina.

Subject Areas: Environment law [LNKJ], Environment, transport & planning law [LNK], International environmental law [LBBP], Law & society [LAQ], Religion: general [HRA]