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Publication Date
Fall 10-27-1999
Copyright date
October 27th, 1999
Identifier
K3240 .S256 1999
Series
Human rights have no borders
Description
Ms. Marida Carmona, member of the President's Peace Commission, presents Dr. Stephen Calogero, professor of philosophy at the University of Texas in San Antonio, and Mr. Ernani Falcone, president of the San Antonio branch of Amnesty International. While discussing the Catholic Church's involvement in human rights, Professor Calogero asserts that having rights implies responsibilities toward others; in the realm of business, this translates into the duty to provide a living wage to employees, to protect rather than destroy jobs, businesses, and communities, and to practice stewardship, not indiscriminate exploitation, of natural resources. Mr. Falcone traces the development of human rights from political and civil rights to inclusion of economic, social, and cultural rights, and eventually to peace and environmental rights. He discusses the work of Amnesty International.
Keywords
Catholic Church -- Political activity.; Amnesty International.; Catholic Church. Pope (1958-1963 : John XXIII). Pacem in terris (11 Apr. 1963); Catholic Church. Pope (1878-1903 : Leo XIII). Rerum novarum (15 May 1891) Catholic Church. Pope (1978- : John Paul II). Centesimus annus (1 May 1991); Brown, Lester R. (Lester Russell), 1934- State of the world.; Human rights advocacy.; Duty.; Human rights -- History -- 20th century.; Responsibility.; Social responsibility of business.; Women in the Catholic Church.; Human rights; Catholic Church; 1900-1999
Contributor
Carmona, Marida; Falcone, Ernani; Dr. Calogero, Stephen
Document Type
Presentation
Size or Duration
44.34 minutes
Format
mp4
Medium
video
Digital Publisher
Digital Commons at St. Mary's University
Collection
President's Peace Commission Videos
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.