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This is a study of minority labor practices at International Harvester from its origins to the present time. Data on these practices is presented to support the argument that minority labor has occupied a distinctly subordinate status in this company. This subordinate status is conceptualized in terms of colonial theory, which is used here as a theory of racial inequality. In addition, colonial theory is compared to other theories of inequality, including Marxist theories, and two varieties of colonial theory are described.

We seek to be both loving and just. However, what do we do when love and justice present us with incompatible obligations? Can one be excessively just? Should one bend rules or even break the law for the sake of compassion? Alternatively, should one simply follow rules? Unjust beneficence or uncaring justice - which is the less problematic moral choice? Moral dilemmas arise when a person can satisfy a moral obligation only by violating another moral duty. These quandaries are also called moral tragedies because despite their good intentions and best effort, people still end up being blameworthy. Conflicting demands of compassion and justice are among the most vexing problems of social philosophy, moral theology, and public policy. They often have life-and-death consequences for millions. In this book, Albino Barrera examines how and why compassion-justice conflicts arise to begin with, and what we can do to reconcile their competing claims.

Methodological issues: using Sacred Scripture in economic ethics -- Old Testament. Socioeconomic conditions: biblical Israel -- Covenant and law -- Prophets -- Wisdom literature -- New Testament. Socioeconomic conditions: first-century Palestine -- Mark -- Matthew -- Luke-Acts -- Pauline letters and James -- Toward a biblical theology of economic life. A divine order of conditional prosperity -- Gift of divine friendship: imitatio Dei -- Gift of one another: mutual solicitude and care for the poor -- Gift of the Earth: stewardship -- Summary and conclusions: economic life as participation in God's providence.