Disaster Series

A bit of lunchblogging.

I’m getting enough queries about different moral aspects of the Hurricane Katrina situation that I’ve decided to do a series on the ethical principles that apply insituations such as this. I know that this is something a lot of folks are wondering about.

As the posts of the series will make clear, it often isn’t easy to determine the moral course of action in particular situations, but I’ll do the best I can to try to apply Church teaching and broader moral theology considerations to some of the situations that arise in the wake of disasters like this one.

Since questions on this are of interest to Catholics generally, as well
as other Christians and even non-Christians, folks around St. Blog’s
might want to give the series some coverage.

The first post in the series has already appeared. I’ve renamed the post below on price gouging as

DISASTER ETHICS 1: PRICE GOUGING.

More to follow.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live." View all posts by Jimmy Akin