Summaries / Resúmenes - Studia Moralia

446 DANIELLE GROSva della dignità primordiale che all’uomo deriva dall’esserefiglio di Dio, “creato a sua immagine e somiglianza”.APA, Luke (Papua-Nuova Guinea - diocesi di Kundiawa): TheJust Distribution of the Goods of the Earth: A CriticalComponent of the Moral Response to the EnvironmentalCrisis with an Application to the Papua New GuineaSituation. - 17 dicembre 2002; Moderatore: Prof. GallagherIn the last quarter of the 20 th century, various political, scientificand environmental groups have committed themselvesto the search for possible solutions to the environmentalcrisis that has gripped the world’s attention. This thesisseeks to respond to the crisis from the point of view ofthe Christian faith, that God’s creation has enough to caterfor everyone’s need and that the crisis is the result of theunjust distribution of the created goods among the earth’scitizenry. Therefore addressing the moral question ofinequality in the distribution and consumption of the earth’sresources is a critical component of a moral response to theenvironmental crisis. The Catholic Social Teaching on theuniversal destination of goods offers a credible solution tothe crisis.AUGUSTINE, John (India - diocesi di Trivandrum): AuthenticHuman Development 1940-2000. A Study in the Light of theOrdinary Magisterium. - 16 maggio 2003; Moderatore: Prof.GallagherIt is a study in the light of the Ordinary Magisterium tosearch for the theological meaning of human development.Having studied certain modern theories of development proposedby various authors to respond to the miserable situationafter the Second World War, we found that these theoriesare as flexible as the changing nature of every humansociety. However theories have been conceived principallyin economic terms regarding both their agent and purpose.Thus they hardly address the totality of the human person.Since these theories are without ethical basis, they are inadequateand incomplete. Only the concept which is based on