Justice and Social OrderJames Clarke & Co., 2002 - 256 pages What relation has the Gospel of God's grace and the Kingdom of His love to the pressing problems of social justice? What is the Christian duty and responsibility concerning the achievement of just wages, just taxes, just punishments? By what methods and principles can we attain to a just order in family life, in economic life, in the state, and in international relations? What is the relation of Love to Justice, and of Justice to Equality? Brunner deals with burning questions of justice in a masterly fashion. Brunner writes as a Christian theologian but he does not write only for theologians, and his arguments challenge easy conclusions. |
Contents
FOREWORD | 7 |
INTRODUCTION THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE WESTERN IDEA OF JUSTICE | 13 |
PRACTICE | 15 |
PART ONE PRINCIPLES 2 WHAT IS MEANT? | 19 |
THE PLACE OF JUSTICE IN THE SPHERE OF ETHICS | 22 |
JUSTICE AND LAW | 26 |
JUSTICE AND EQUALITY | 29 |
THE GROUND OF EQUALITY | 35 |
2 THE FAMILY | 129 |
JUSTICE IN THE ECONOMIC ORDER 1 THE JUSTICE OF PROPERTY | 133 |
2 JUST INTEREST | 141 |
3 THE JUST PRICE | 148 |
4 JUST WAGES | 151 |
5 THE JUST DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC POWER | 154 |
6 CAPITALISM AND COMMUNISM | 156 |
7 THE JUST ECONOMIC ORDER THE PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC PLANNING | 160 |
THE GROUND OF INEQUALITY | 40 |
THE DIVINE LAW OF JUSTICE | 47 |
THE EQUALITY OF MEN THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM | 54 |
THE INEQUALITY OF MEN AND THE RIGHTS OF THE COM MUNITY | 63 |
INDIVIDUALISM AND COLLECTIVISM | 72 |
JUSTICE AND THE LAW OF NATURE | 80 |
STATIC AND DYNAMIC JUSTICE HISTORICAL RELATIVITY | 90 |
JUSTICE AND THE REVELATION OF SCRIPTURE | 102 |
1 THE NEW TESTAMENT | 106 |
2 THE OLD TESTAMENT 3 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN PARTICULAR | 110 |
JUSTICE AND LOVE | 114 |
FOREWORD TO PART | 119 |
JUSTICE IN THE POLITICAL ORDER | 120 |
JUSTICE IN THE FAMILY ORDER 1 JUSTICE IN MARRIAGE | 127 |
THE MASS MAN AND THE JUST SOCIAL ORDER | 164 |
JUSTICE IN THE POLITICAL ORDER PAGE 119 120 127 133 | 174 |
2 THE INJUSTICE OF THE TOTALITARIAN STATE | 179 |
3 JUST | 183 |
4 JUST POWER | 187 |
5 JUST PUNISHMENT | 194 |
JUSTICE IN THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER 1 THE ORDER OF PEACE | 199 |
2 THE LAW INTERNATIONAL | 211 |
3 JUST INTERNATIONAL | 213 |
4 THE JUST DISTRIBUTION OF POWER | 220 |
5 EXTRA AND SUPRASTATE POSSIBILITIES | 221 |
CONCLUSION LIMITS | 227 |
NOTES | 231 |
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