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This article originally appeared in Issue #35 / Spring 1986


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Awareness
  • What's happening in this situation?
  • How are people hurting? Benefiting?
  • Where is the balance between positive and negative impact?
Analysis Political
  • How is power distributed?
  • Who wins? Who loses? Who decides?
Economic
  • How are the resources allocated?
  • Who owns? Who produces? Who consumes?
  • Who gains? Who pays?
Social
  • What are the relationships among persons/groups here?
  • Who is being developed? Who manipulated?
Cultural
  • What are the values exhibited?
Historical
  • How did this situation develop over time?
Reflection
  • Do our scriptures or religious traditions have anything to say about situations like this?
  • Is there an "ethical imperative" here for all persons of integrity?
  • What is the wisdom of philosophers and thinkers down through the ages?
  • How have other religious traditions responded?
  • How closely linked is our theology to the existing situation?
Action
  • How might things be different?
  • Who can do what to change the situation?


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