The evolution of the idea of economic justice is presented here to introduce the study of the con- cept of ‘social justice’ developed by social Catholicism. The latter was introduced and developed in the middle of the nineteenth century by Jesuits within the framework of Neo-Thomistic philo- sophical thought. The term social Justice was applied to the economic problems of the time and in particular to the ‘social question’, but the concept remained controversial and led to a long debate among the adherents of social Catholicism. We will highlight the connection between the philoso- phy of law and economics in Neo-Thomistic social economics and the debate that developed around this concept. We conclude by discussing the implications that this view of rights and the law has on economic theorising.
Economic Justice in Social Catholicism: The Difficult Application of Natural Law
SOLARI, STEFANO
2009
Abstract
The evolution of the idea of economic justice is presented here to introduce the study of the con- cept of ‘social justice’ developed by social Catholicism. The latter was introduced and developed in the middle of the nineteenth century by Jesuits within the framework of Neo-Thomistic philo- sophical thought. The term social Justice was applied to the economic problems of the time and in particular to the ‘social question’, but the concept remained controversial and led to a long debate among the adherents of social Catholicism. We will highlight the connection between the philoso- phy of law and economics in Neo-Thomistic social economics and the debate that developed around this concept. We conclude by discussing the implications that this view of rights and the law has on economic theorising.
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