Trent Horn: Can a Catholic be a Socialist?
Can a Catholic be a socialist? Can a libertarian be a Catholic? Simply asking questions.
Right this moment’s visitor, Trent Horn, is an apologist and speaker for Catholic Answers and a defender of capitalism. He hosts The Counsel of Trent podcast and has authored several books on Catholicism, together with Can a Catholic Be a Socialist? On this episode, we focus on the themes of that e book, reply to among the anti-capitalist rhetoric that has come from the Vatican over the previous decade, analyze the rise of “post-liberal” Catholics on the suitable, and query whether or not faith is changing into extra palatable to the trendy individual.
Watch the total dialog on Purpose‘s YouTube channel or the Simply Asking Questions podcast feed on Apple, Spotify, or your most well-liked podcatcher.
Sources referenced within the dialog:
- Can A Catholic Be a Socialist? The Answer is No—Here’s Why
- Evangelii Gaudium: Apostolic Exhortation on the Proclamation of the Gospel in Today’s World (24 November 2013) by Pope Francis
- Pope Francis’ 2017 TED Talk: “Why the Only Future Worth Building Includes Everyone”
- Against David French-ism by Sohrab Ahmari
- Motte-and-bailey fallacy
- Zach and Liz’s Interview with Johan Norberg
- Jordan Peterson on the Power of the Easter Message
Timestamps:
- 00:00 Opening Monologue
- 01:25 Can a Catholic Defend Capitalism?
- 03:30 Pope Francis and Capitalism
- 05:21 Historic Criticisms of Socialism
- 07:06 The Rigidity Between Employers and Staff
- 09:38 Catholic Teachings on Economics
- 29:35 Libertarianism and Catholicism: A Pure Overlap?
- 41:50 The Function of Pure Regulation in Catholic Thought
- 43:49 Understanding Catholic Definitions of Regulation
- 44:06 Pure Regulation and Ethical Instructions
- 45:42 Human Legal guidelines and Justice
- 48:28 Catholicism and Science
- 50:35 Liberty and the Good Life
- 52:46 Debating Legalization of Prostitution
- 54:49 Libertarianism and Consumerism
- 01:01:39 Catholic Politics and State Intervention
- 01:13:21 Jordan Peterson on Catholicism
- 01:19:31 Closing Ideas: Who’re you imagined to be?
- Producer: John Osterhoudt
