An interesting speech --on social ethics.Not the filioque: sorry, all you systematic theologians.In my class on mercy and justice, I have them read selections from D. Constanelos,Byzantine Philosophy and Social Welfare. As he argues, Constantinople was meant to be society organized around the virtue of mercy--not justice.

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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