Above image caption: The “rights” agenda, for all its commendable utility, has an inward facing dynamic that tends to set us into opposition to our fellows as we become ever vigilant to defend ourselves against any trespass against our rights; the vocational view, contrariwise, encourages an outward orientation toward our fellows as we seek avenues to fulfil our vocation. In his 1963 collection of essays, The Christian Opportunity, Personalist philosopher Denis de Rougemont advocated the idea of vocation to give meaning and direction to individuals and to society. The concept of vocation is based on Judaeo-Christian anthropology: fulfilment and joy are found as each person makes a…