Abstract
We live in a world characterized by incredible economic inequality—extreme poverty in the midst of inordinate affluence. The knowledge of how to eliminate extreme poverty exists, but the political will to do so is lacking. The tradition of Catholic social thought provides moral guidance and an ethical challenge for the development of this will through its continuity in basic principles of justice and dynamic development over time as social conditions have changed. This paper endeavors to describe the current situation, to trace the Catholic social tradition’s development, and to give some examples of how education at Catholic colleges and universities can foster in its students the essential will to act for social justice through a permeation of Catholic social teaching throughout their educational experience.
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