Speculation is one of those words that raises many Christiansâ?? hackles. It conjures up visions of people making easy gain for no apparent effort, and some associate it with financial crises.
So whatâ??s a Christian to make of speculation? The Catechism of the Catholic Church identifies â??speculation in which one contrives to manipulate the price of goods artificially in order to gain an advantage to the detriment of othersâ? as â??morally illicitâ? (CCC #2409).. This wording indicates that there are legitimate forms of speculation, though these are left unspecified.
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