Care for the World
Laudato Si' and Catholic Social Thought in an Era of Climate Crisis
Law and Christianity Series

Convening leading scholars to reflect on the practical and philosophical implications of religious values, this volume is an accessible introduction to Catholic social thought on contemporary affairs. Its gracefully written chapters cover three themes - direct environmental policy implications of Laudato Si', philosophical alternatives to dominant policy discourse, and renewed political economy based on robust conceptions of human flourishing. Care for the World offers learned reflections on what it would mean to express an ethic of compassion in an era of climate crises.

Part I. Policy Implications of Laudato Si': 1. Our common responsibility for our common home: the activist vision of Laudato Si' Anthony Annett; 2. Carbon trading and the morality of markets in Laudato Si' Eduardo M. Peñalver; 3. The need for an 'integral ecology' in connection with the UN sustainable development goals Massimiliano Montini and Francesca Volpe; 4. Alter-ecologies: envisioning papal and ecomodernist nuclear energy policy futures Vincent Ialenti; Part II. The Philosophy and Methodology of Laudato Si': 5. Laudato Si' and the tragedy of the 'throwaway culture' Lucia Silecchia; 6. The other seamless garment – Laudato Si' on the human relationship to created nature Mark Shiffman; 7. Towards a bright mountain – Laudato Si' and the critique of technology Zachary Loeb; 8. A critique of mastery and an ethics of attunement: from Spe Salvi to Laudato Si' Frank Pasquale; Part III. Catholic Social Thought at Work and Play: 9. 'Truly, much can be done!': Cooperative economics from the book of acts to Pope Francis Nathan Schneider; 10. Toward an ethic of 'civic and political love' in the workplace Amanda Jaret and David Gregory; 11. Laudato Si' and augmented reality – in search of an 'integral ecology' for the digital age Alessandro Spina.

Frank Pasquale is Professor of Law at the University of Maryland, and author of The Black Box Society (2015). He is an expert on the law of artificial intelligence and algorithms. He has been published in Commonwealth, and his scholarly work has explored the implications of Catholic social thought for innovation policy.