What Would Jesus Do... About Tort Reform?
Saw a quote from Pope Benedict XVi's upcoming book Jesus of Nazareth, and it immediately made me think of damage caps.
"Confronted with the abuse of economic power, with the cruelty of capitalism that degrades man into merchandise, we have begun to see more clearly the dangers of wealth and we understand in a new way what Jesus intended in warning us about wealth." (Emphasis added.)
Source: Whispers in the Loggia: Benedict's Book Club
I don't feel bad that the Pope was more clearly able to articulate my spiritual objections to damage caps, no matter how high they may be. If you believe in Jesus, if you believe that human life is sacred, if you believe what Jesus taught about money, then you must believe that damage caps are arrogant and immoral.
I'm hardly a religious man, and I'm definitely not a Catholic, but I may have to check this book out.
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