DeepDyve eBooks - A Sociotheological Approach to Catholic Social Teaching

Chapter 1Introduction

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 1 –19

[This chapter introduces the book’s exploratory and sociotheological approach that combines sociological perspectives and ethical views of Catholic social teaching (CST) in understanding some urgent social and public health issues on the COVID-19 pandemic that affect the global common good. It...

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Chapter 2Introducing Catholic Social Teaching and the Role of Sociology in the Catholic Church

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 21 –55

[Using sociological-theological perspectives and drawing on various documentary and scientific literature, this chapter briefly introduces Catholic Social Teaching (CST), its nature, intent, major documents, and basic principles, as well as explains the primary factors behind its unpopularity...

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Chapter 3Catholic Social Teaching and Sociological Perspectives on the Common Good

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 57 –70

[This chapter briefly surveys the notion of the common from various perspectives and specifically discusses at length the Roman Catholic Church’s teaching on the common good as reflected in the documents of Catholic social teaching (CST), a set of documents that applies the Christian faith to...

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Chapter 4Catholic Social Teaching, Corporate Moral Responsibility of Big Pharma, and COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 71 –89

[This chapter critically examines the corporate moral responsibility (CMR) of Big Pharma’s patents and distribution system of their COVID-19 vaccines in the light of Catholic social teaching’s (CST) moral principles on the purpose of business, role of profit, and distributive justice. It argues...

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Chapter 5Catholic Social Teaching, Corporate Moral Responsibility, Disaster Capitalism, and Remdesivir Drug

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 91 –108

[This chapter examines disaster capitalism (DC) during COVID-19 and the corporate moral responsibility (CMR) of the top drugmakers’ in the ownership and pricing of their anti-COVID vaccines and medicines in the light of Catholic social teaching’s (CST) moral principles on capitalism, the ethical...

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Chapter 6Catholic Social Teaching, Charity, and Justice in the Global Vaccine Distribution During COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 109 –125

[Applying the Roman Catholic Church’s set of moral principles on social concerns called Catholic social teaching (CST) on charity, distributive justice, private property and the common good, and utilizing some secondary data and scientific literature, this chapter argues that establishing...

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Chapter 7Catholic Social Teaching on the State and the Common Good: Factors Weakening US Congress’s Regulation for Big Pharma During COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 127 –143

[Using the principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) to examine the role of the state in regulating the economy and market and on the common good as well as utilizing some secondary data, church documents, media reports, and scientific research on medical markets, COVID-19 vaccines and...

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Chapter 8Catholic Social Teaching, Corruption, the World Health Organization’s Law Enforcement Power, and COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 145 –157

[Using Catholic social teaching on the role of public authority to protect the common good and drawing from secondary literature as the main source of textual data, this chapter investigates the law enforcement capacity of the WHO as the primary global network of public health especially during...

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Chapter 9Catholic Social Teaching, Global Public Health, and White-Collar Crime During COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: 159 –176

[Utilizing some insights from the sociology of science and technology, primarily from the Actor-Network Theory (ANT), and moral principles of Catholic social teaching (CST) on ecology and the common good as the primary theoretical framework, as well as applying the secondary analysis of...

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Chapter 10Correction to: Catholic Social Teaching, Corruption, the World Health Organization’s Law Enforcement Power, and COVID-19

Ballano, Vivencio O.

Pages: C1 –C1