Overcoming the Negative Effects of Competition as the Highest Good
Where is the blessing of God to be found in the level of human competition that breeds so much avarice, ruthlessness, and contempt that the entire global economy teeters as a result? We need well-trained, well-versed, moral, and ethical Christian economists to guide and direct the cooperative nature of healthy, progressive, innovative, and virtuous marketplaces. When enveloped in a larger ethos of mutually benefiting relationships, competition can manifest a form of cooperation that leads toward increasing levels of excellence. Again, competition, capitalism, and free-market economies must all be subordinate to an overarching ethic of general welfare, common flourishing, and moral courage that stands above our theories and policies. Our leaders must shepherd us toward the Psalm 23 perspective of life. Attaining a life without want and deprivation requires us to rethink our contemporary assumptions and their far-reaching connections to what have become somewhat sacrosanct political and economic dogmas that tend to blind us to their full effects.
This email was sent to mucomacamucomaca.muco@blogger.com by Bible Gateway, 3900 Sparks Drive SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA. This email is part of a devotional or newsletter that you signed up for on BibleGateway.com. If you have questions or comments about this email, please contact us.
No comments:
Post a Comment