What is clear, in each of the major monotheistic faith traditions, is that God matters. Each tradition understands and accepts the burden of man’s responsibility to God to not only be faithful but also be resourceful with the God-given gifts with which each has been endowed. Each faith tradition also recognizes that man is destined to live and thrive in a community, and that man has a responsibility to both God and his fellow man to care for and nurture those in their community through charity/love.
The hope is that economists and business people of faith will be empowered to share the richness of their faith traditions in the marketplace in an effort to continually seek the common good.
To read more about economics from the various faith traditions: http://www.catholicstand.com/economic-apologists/
The Common Good is “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as group or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and easily.” Gaudium et spes
