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Spring 2000

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 15, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2000 | Religion and Economics

Economic Growth : What's Love Got To Do With It?

Paul A. Cleveland, Birmingham-Southerm College

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EconomicGrowth:What=sLoveGottoDoWithIt?PaulA.ClevelandBirmingham-SouthernCollegeThoughIspeakwiththetonguesofmenandofangels,buthavenotlove,Ihavebecomesoundingbrassoraclangingcymbal.AndthoughIhavethegiftofprophecy,andunderstandallmysteriesandallknowledge,andthoughIhaveallfaith,sothatIcouldremovemountains,buthavenotlove,Iamnothing.AndthoughIbestowallmygoodstofeedthepoor,andthoughIgivemybodytobeburned,buthavenotlove,itprofitsmenothing.Lovesufferslongandiskind;lovedoesnotenvy;lovedoesnotparadeitself,isnotpuffedup;doesnotbehaverudely,doesnotseekitsownisnotprovided,thinksnoevil;doesnotrejoiceininiquity,butrejoicesinthetruth,believesallthings,hopesallthings,enduresallthings.ICorinthians13:1-7TheinherentconnectionofvirtueandlibertyWhichcamefirst;thechickenortheegg?Itseemsthatsomethingsweobservearesoimmediatelyconnectedwithoneanotherthanseparatingthemisnearlyimpossible.Inaddition,itisthecasethatsomethingsaresoconnectedtooneanotherthatwhilewecandistinguishbetweenthem,itisimpossibletoseparatethem.TheopeningquoteoftheApostlePaul=sfirstlettertotheCorinthiansgivesusanexampleofsuchitems.Inthistext,Paularguedthatloveisthesubstancebehindtruevirtue.Somuchso,thatwhileitisatleasthypotheticallypossibletohavemoralbehaviorapartfromlove,itisimpossibletolovetoexistapartfrommoralbehavior.Tolovesomethingistopossessanaffectionforitortomaintainapositivedispositiontoitthatplacestheobjectlovedaboveotherthings.InthecontextofPaul=sletter,theobjecttobelovedsoastoprovidemeaningtoandprofitfromvirtuousbehaviorisGod.Asaresult,Paularguedthattruemoralityrestsfinallyinone=sloveofGodandofthethingsofGod.

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Title	Economic Growth : What's Love Got To Do With It?
Authors/Creators:	Paul A. Cleveland, Birmingham-Southerm College
Year:	2000
Volume:	15
Number:	2
Pages:	62 - 77
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Virtues, Science, Market economy, Traditional moral values, Ethics, Christianism, Political economy

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Cleveland, Paul A. / 2000. "Economic Growth : What's Love Got To Do With It?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 15(2): 62-77.