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Michael Novak is a theologian and former U.S. ambassador who currently holds the George Frederick Jewett Chair in Religion and Public Policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. He is the 1994 winner of the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, and the author of over twenty-five books on philosophy, theology, politics, economics, and culture, including The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife. Contents Introduction PLENTY ISN’T ENOUGH Bored with Making Money The Anti-Business Skeptics Three Specific Objections A Glance Ahead Chapter One WHAT IS A CALLING? Callings Four Characteristics of a Calling Can a Calling Remain Tacit? Can a Calling Be Entirely Secular? Meteorites Across the Sky Chapter Two LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT BUSINESS An Overview The Most Religious Elites Today Most Religious People Work in Business Morality and Us The Only Moral Majority: Sinners Chapter Three A MORALLY SERIOUS CALLING Andrew Carnegie, Wealth Creator The Moral Case for the System qua “System” Sinners in the System Wrong About Capitalism Chapter Four FOR THE POOR AND FOR DEMOCRACY One Cheer Is Quite Enough But What Is “Capitalism”? Capitalism Is Better for the Poor A Necessary Condition for Democracy A Necessary Condition for Capitalism Capitalism Reduces Envy The Tyranny of a Majority Natural Liberty — Political and Economic Moral Vigilance Chapter Five VIRTUE IN THE MODERN CITY Virtue in the Ancient City Passions and Reason Reflection and Choice Practical Wisdom and Other Virtues A Modem Culture of Virtue? Our Incurious Elites Business Depends on Virtue Chapter Six THREE CARDINAL VIRTUES OF BUSINESS The Virtue of Creativity The Virtue of Building Community The Virtue of Practical Realism And Don’t Forget the Fun of It! Chapter Seven SEVEN PLUS SEVEN CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES Mediating Structures, Civil Society Seven Internal Responsibilities Seven Responsibilities from Outside Business Special Business Codes A Moral Institution Chapter Eight BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS The Transnational Firm Morality Has Costs Chapter Nine MAKING THINGS BETTER The Bad Side of Downsizing New Ideas for Labor Unions Organizing to Help the Homeless Solidarity with the World’s Poor Chapter Ten GIVING IT ALL AWAY Carnegie’s Strategy In Giving, Be Vigilant: Caveat Donor! The Glory of the Nation Endnotes Bibliography arAcknowledgments Index
