PHIL 1091 : 3 of 12
15 May 2014
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Papal [relating to the pope] encyclical : a letter written to catholic bishops but also with the wider catholic audience in mind, encyclical points out dangers which threaten faith or morals, prescribes remedies for evils foreseen or already existent, doesn"t claim to settle a question, but set parameters for ensuing debate b. leo"s general objections to marxism, opposes notion that class is naturally hostile [unfriendly] to class, each needs the other, capital cannot do without labor; vice versa, mutual agreement results in the beauty of good order, conflict produces confusion and savage barbarity c. the religious argument for private property/incentivizing work, leo argues that marx is not only wrong, but that what he"s suggesting is immoral.
