Comments for The Capitalist Parable at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 7 out of 7 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:58:00 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4839 Mark: You make a valid point about a society built on "justice" and "rights. However, Fr. Schall's remarks resemble what Pope Benedict said in Deus Caritas Est. "Justice" and "rights," apart from a true anthropology of man, become distorted. Generosity springs from the depths of Christian charity, and can not be reduced to mere legal terminology. - Brian Jones Thu, 09 Sep 2010 05:34:28 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4836 Today the cry of "unfair" is directed at those who receive far more than the average person, rather than at those who receive the same for less work. Even if we receive a just wage and the rich do not come by their wealth unjustly, we still want to get our hands on their bounty. Is the "invisible hand" of the market nothing more than the generous hand of the owner? - Tom Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:43:46 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4825 Some work all day for a living wage. Some must work only part of the day, perhaps an hour. No one who didn't work was paid in this story. There seems both justice and generosity here. - manduca Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:50:12 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4823 Other Joe, "God make me chaste, but not yet" was St. Augustine, in Confessions. - Emina Melonic Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:01:54 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4822 The same sense of "unfairness" occurs in the story of the prodigal son. The brother complains in a similar fashion. Do we rejoice when a gangster has a deathbed conversion? Do we really, or is there an edge to our acceptance of the possibility. The greater question may be; can unconditional love be fair? Certainly it is not fair in the political sense. Reason suggests that the gangster must have been close to conversion for many years, perhaps in torment. Since we cannot know another’s heart, we are reminded not to judge. Was it St. Francis who prayed, “God make me chaste, but not yet”? - Other Joe Tue, 07 Sep 2010 09:00:53 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4820 I would interpret the complaints of the first-hired differently. They are not complaining that they should be getting more, but rather that the last-hired should be getting less. That's why the owner refers to his "generosity." - Howard Kainz Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:42:47 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/the-capitalist-parable.html#comment-4819 Excellent read, but part confuses me. You wrote, "In a state built on 'rights' and 'justice,' we find little room for generosity and abundance. Everything is controlled by the state." This seems a contradiction, for a state truly built on rights and justice is not a state that controls everything. The all-controlling state -- the collectivist state -- ignores rights and justice in favor of policy. - Mark Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:09:11 +0100