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Stratford Caldecott
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Stratford Caldecott is the chief editor of Second Spring Journal and Sophia Institute Press for the Thomas More College of Liberal Arts, and directs the College's Center for Faith and Culture in Oxford.…
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RE: The Global Crisis: Lessons from the Middle Ages
I did put it too strongly - the economy is certainly not the only culprit - but it is too simplistic to put everything on the individual. Our freedom of choice is always restricted. To use an extreme example, who needs to be 'free' to buy hard drugs, or human slaves, and who regrets the regulations that prevent us doing so? The question is…

RE: The Global Crisis: Lessons from the Middle Ages
Good for you! I had in mind others - perhaps the majority - who aren't as innocent as you. But it is true I live in England, in a consumer society gone mad. Nevertheless, while apologising for involving you in the 'group therapy', I must refute your suggestion that I am advocating 'oppressive laws designed to enslave human freedom to the point…

RE: The Global Crisis: Lessons from the Middle Ages
Not at all! The self-governance of the majority is real enough, and it is called democratic government. Personal liberty is certainly conistent with Catholic teaching, but it depends what you mean by it and what else you put with it. Personal liberty plus sadism, for example, is a bad combo. Too much liberty and the strong end up creating…

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