And a Brief Mention about the Decline in Numbers of Religious Personnel

“Interfering with people’s property, labor, and exchange–except where necessary to uphold justice and sustain society–is a violation of the sacredness of the person.”

That’s from an essay by Greg Forster, “Sacred Enterprise,” in the Claremont Review of Books, Summer 2009. (Unfortunately, it’s only available on-line to subscribers.) He goes on to write, “And increasing the total amount of available wealth is morally good, so it is wrong to stifle economic growth or to force potentially productive assets to… Read the rest