Kraynak claims that the language of rights brings with it a series of practical problems , including confusion in the moral life. Fo r example, thinking of life as a "right" (as has becom e commo n in the pro-life movement) leads t o confusion about the gift of life. Further, Christians becom e confused about the nature of charity, thinking of the comman d t o love one's neighbors in term s of rights rather than in biblical term s of Christian charit y Additionally, rights talk encourages people t o believe that the worl d owe s us something, so that w e becom e confused about happiness and suffering. W e com e t o think that w e have a right t o be happy and that suffering is always an affront t o that right.

PERSONHOO D AS GIFT AN D TASK: THE PLACE OF T HE PERSON IN CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGH T Gregory Beabout St. Louis University

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Kraynak claims that the language of rights brings with it a series of practical problems , including confusion in the moral life. Fo r example, thinking of life as a "right" (as has becom e commo n in the pro-life movement) leads t o confusion about the gift of life. Further, Christians becom e confused about the nature of charity, thinking of the comman d t o love one's neighbors in term s of rights rather than in biblical term s of Christian charit y Additionally, rights talk encourages people t o believe that the worl d owe s us something, so that w e becom e confused about happiness and suffering. W e com e t o think that w e have a right t o be happy and that suffering is always an affront t o that right.