A Living Wage. E-book. Formato PDF John A. Ryan   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The present volume is little more than half as large as the first edition Of this work. The first two chapters Of the original edition have been almost entirely omitted because part Of the subject matter is no longer as timely as it was in 1906, while the remainder is not absolutely essential. For similar reasons the seven chapters forming the third section Of the work as it first appeared, have been left out Of the present edition. In the ten chapters that have been retained, a few changes have been made, either for the sake Of brevity or in order to bring certain statistical and other statements up to date. In its revised and abridged form, the work is intended primarily for those who wish to Obtain a compre hensive idea of the subject in the smallest possible compass. The writer hopes that it will be found to contain nothing super?uous, and yet to embrace everything that the average reader cares to know concerning the ethical, economic and legal aspects Of the living wage question.

The State and the Church: Written and Edited for the Department of Social Action of the National Catholic Welfare Council. E-book. Formato PDF John A. Ryan   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

John A. Ryan was said to look less than he was. Scruffy, cranky and always half away in whichever book he was reading at the time. He was born the first of eleven children and educated sporadically in a one room schoolhouse. After working on the family farm to keep his mother and younger siblings afloat, at the earliest opportunity John chose the priesthood as his occupation. After graduate study Ryan began to lobby for social change. Concerns that still rattle around our halls of assembly and power. He wanted a living wage, a shorter work week and protection for women and children enforced by the law. Father Ryan was instrumental in his contribution to the cause of installing a minimum wage across several states, laying the groundwork for millions to benefit in the future. The basis of Ryan’s theory was a belief in the god given rights of every person which according to his rationale imposed on the state, the moral responsibility to take redistributive action to relieve suffering. His book is in many respects as radical today as it was in his heyday. Whilst not all readers will share the Catholic faith, his lateral reasoning is impeccable and his conclusions are socially compassionate. He argues that our economic reasoning has become artificially detached from our ethics, and that an urgent reassessment is needed. Whether one comes to agree or not, ‘The State and the Church’ provokes each of us to reassess the relationship between pragmatic reasoning and moral thought.

Distributive Justice: The Right and Wrong of Our Present Distribution of Wealth. E-book. Formato PDF John A. Ryan   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The volume in hand represents an attempt to discuss systematically and comprehensively the justice Of the processes by which the product of industry is distributed. Inasmuch as the product is actually apportioned among landowners, capitalists, business men, and labourers, the moral aspects Of the distribution are studied with refer ence to these four classes. While their rights and obliga tions form the main subject of the book, the effort is also made to propose reforms that would remove the principal defects of the present system and bring about a larger measure Of justice.