Economics and Catholic Social Teaching: A Pedagogy of Navigating Rationality, Self-Interest, Altruism, and Reciprocity

• Main Authors: Sescon, Joselito T, Tuaño, Philip Arnold P, Sanchez, Rachel Joyce Marie O, Acevedo, Jaime A, Puen, Stephanie Ann Yu
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Altruism; Reciprocity; Pedagogy; Values; Interests; Arts and Humanities; Catholic Studies; Economics; Religion
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs/91; https://ajol.ateneo.edu/stjgs/articles/571/7415
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper proceeds from the tradition of Catholic social teaching (CST) in dialogue with the development of the economy and society; beginning with the advent of modern industrial society. The main research problem is the perceived irreconcilability of the neoclassical microeconomic model of ration...