Just Universities: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Corporatized Higher Education by Gerald J. Beyer

O’Brien, George

doi:10.1353/acs.2022.0009

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“…Building solidarity across the university he sees Catholic Social Teaching confronting the corporate world of the university. 105…”

Section: Through the Virtues: Moving From The Personal To Collectivesmentioning

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Recognizing Collectives as Moral Agents

Keenan

2024

Theological Studies

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Until recently, discussions on moral agency focused almost exclusively on the individual moral subject. Recognizing that social structures and cultures influence human subjects but do not have agency, this article argues that we must now recognize the moral agency of organized collectives. Invoking the work of philosophers and other theologians who already do, this article turns to theological ethicists writing on community organizing, racism, and social virtues, and, finally, to feminists engaging moral luck and intersectionality to illustrate the importance of collective moral agency. It concludes by describing qualifications for estimating the ethical agency of such collectives.

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“…Building solidarity across the university he sees Catholic Social Teaching confronting the corporate world of the university. 105…”

Section: Through the Virtues: Moving From The Personal To Collectivesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recognizing Collectives as Moral Agents

Keenan

2024

Theological Studies

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“…Critics argue that universities are responding to increased competition for students through increased “corporatization” in their structures, processes, and culture (Beyer 2021; Kelly 2020; Mintz 2021). Hiring more enrollment staff, constructing residence halls with resort‐like amenities, treating students like customers, cutting programs with small numbers of majors (particularly in the humanities) while increasing professional programs (particularly in STEM fields), adopting messaging that focuses on career preparation, commercialization of university life in areas like athletics and research (Bok 2004), and increased use of contingent faculty rather than tenure‐track lines all reflect a “neoliberalism” that is turning universities into businesses.…”

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“…Scholarship from religious ethicists on the current state of higher education is limited but growing (Beyer 2021; Gaudet 2020; Keenan 2015; Kelly 2020). It finds much fault with universities and ascribes these flaws to the pernicious ideology of neoliberalism, which they argue is turning universities into technical schools, students into customers, and faculty and staff into an exploited labor force.…”

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Ethical Reasoning in a Morally Diverse World: Higher Education and the Purposes of Religious Ethics

Weaver¹

2023

Journal of Religious Ethics

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As the Journal of Religious Ethics celebrates its 50th anniversary, higher education in the United States is in a period of upheaval. How does its changing landscape impact the ways we articulate the value of religious ethics? What do our students need from ethics coursework? Both the upheaval in higher education and recent critiques of higher education from religious ethicists highlight questions about the purposes and value of postsecondary education. This essay argues that an emphasis on the practice of ethical reasoning speaks to legitimate public interests in higher education, serves undergraduate students' personal development and professional preparation, and provides an opportunity for dynamic engagement with religious ethics.

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Just Universities: Catholic Social Teaching Confronts Corporatized Higher Education by Gerald J. Beyer

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Recognizing Collectives as Moral Agents

Recognizing Collectives as Moral Agents

Ethical Reasoning in a Morally Diverse World: Higher Education and the Purposes of Religious Ethics

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