I ran across this today. It's an examination of what makes up a   
    moral economy. I happen to find it a compatible philosophy. What   
    do you think?   
      
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    1. The economy exists for the person, not the person for the   
    economy.   
      
    2. All economic life should be shaped by moral principles.   
    Economic choices and institutions must be judged by how they   
    protect or undermine the life and dignity of the human person,   
    support the family and serve the common good.   
      
    3. A fundamental moral measure of any economy is how the poor   
    and vulnerable are faring.   
      
    4. All people have a right to life and to secure the basic   
    necessities of life (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, education,   
    health care, safe environment, economic security.)   
      
    5. All people have the right to economic initiative, to   
    productive work, to just wages and benefits, to decent working   
    conditions as well as to organize and join unions or other   
    associations.   
      
    6. All people, to the extent they are able, have a   
    corresponding duty to work, a responsibility to provide the   
    needs of their families and an obligation to contribute to the   
    broader society.   
      
    7. In economic life, free markets have both clear advantages   
    and limits; government has essential responsibilities and   
    limitations; voluntary groups have irreplaceable roles, but   
    cannot substitute for the proper working of the market and the   
    just policies of the state.   
      
    8. Society has a moral obligation, including governmental   
    action where necessary, to assure opportunity, meet basic human   
    needs, and pursue justice in economic life.   
      
    9. Workers, owners, managers, stockholders and consumers are   
    moral agents in economic life. By our choices, initiative,   
    creativity and investment, we enhance or diminish economic   
    opportunity, community life and social justice.   
      
    10. The global economy has moral dimensions and human   
    consequences. Decisions on investment, trade, aid and   
    development should protect human life and promote human rights,   
    especially for those most in need wherever they might live on   
    this globe.   
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   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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