Declining liberty and other papers /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, John A. (John Augustine), 1869-1945 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Macmillan Company, 1927.
Series:Religion and the law.
Women and the law.
Civil rights and social justice.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • part I. Political. Declining liberty in America: appendix to the foregoing
  • The moral aspects of national prohibition
  • Liberals and liberalism
  • American liberals and Mexican tyranny
  • Fascism as theory and in practice
  • Equal rights for women
  • The teaching of evolution in the public schools
  • The Supreme Court and the Oregon school case
  • American Catholics and American citizenship
  • "If I were president"
  • Cancellations of war debts and reparations
  • Christian principles of war and peace
  • part II. Economic. From Christian to pagan industrial ethics
  • The church and economic life
  • Catholic teaching on industrial relations
  • The dignity of labor and the duty of the state
  • The injunction in labor disputes
  • The open shop fraud
  • A new task for the labor unions
  • Democratizing industry
  • A constitutional amendment for labor legislation
  • The state and industry
  • Public ownership vs. socialism
  • Fair valuation of public utilities
  • Anthracite profits and anthracite prices
  • part III. Social. Divorce legislation in the United States
  • The case for birth control
  • Minimum and maximum standards of living
  • The spiritual element in social work.