The Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies hosted the conference "Erroneous Autonomy: The Dignity of Work" featuring University Chairman of the Board Cardinal Sean O'Malley. It drew media coverage from National Catholic Reporter , America , Catholic News Service , Religion News Service , and Our Sunday Visitor . In addition to covering the event, Religion News Service also mentioned it in a story on the bishops and health care, as did National Catholic Reporter . The National Catholic Reporter also wrote and editorial on the event. David Cloutier , associate professor, theology, was interviewed by Crux on the conference. Catholic News Agency covered the event together with a lecture by Arthur Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute, which was sponsored by the Busch School of Business . See below.
From: Crux Date: Jan. 27, 2017 Author: Charles Camosy
Camosy: Some heavy hitters showed up at this conference. What do you think prompted the event? What were one or two of your most important takeaways? Cloutier: It was really an honor to take part in an event featuring figures such as Cardinal [Sean] O'Malley [of Boston] and Joan Rosenhauer of Catholic Relief Services. They are doing such important work in the Church today, and to share that conversation with others in politics and culture like Thomas Frank and Richard Trumpka was a particularly important feature of the gathering.I think the series of "erroneous autonomy" conferences seek to fill a void in our discourse, both in the Church and in American politics. We talk about individual issues a lot, but ignore larger underlying visions or worldviews that emerge and shape how we debate the issues. A key one is this whole idea of autonomy - or freedom - being misunderstood.It often feels like the only direction the conversation moves, on either left or right, is a direction where we increasingly defend the rights of people to do whatever they want.Even issues such as immigration get stuck between the freedom of a nation to defend its borders versus the freedom of people to migrate and not live in the shadows. The framing is off. My most important takeaway from the conference is that we have to pay more attention to framing issues, and tie them to deeper commitments. ...