Perhaps in order to make my point, I unintentionally mischaracterized his argument. This is why I, as a Catholic economist, struggle to integrate the findings of economic scientific analysis with the framework and guidelines provided by the social doctrine of the Church. I ask these questions because, as a social scientist devoted to the social doctrines, I am seeking practical means and methods of bringing our present system into better conformity with the truth about man. I raise certain cautions in order to help us avoid the danger of spiritual elitism, which can undermine our efforts. Moreover, I am anxious lest the proverbial pendulum swings so far the other way that we wind up with a set of public policies designed to legislate a culture of love.
Economic analysis has the task of studying the way an economy works.
From such analyses, principles can be derived which may help us establish concrete means of transforming the structures of sin.