Types of Justice
This type of justice deals with obeying just laws and respecting legitimate authority
What is legal justice?
Jesus taught that we should not only do the minimum required by justice, but to act with love, also known as this.
What is charity?
Lech Walesa worked for this principle in Poland under communism.
What is solidarity?
The Universal Destination of Goods means that the goods of creation do not exist for the benefit of a select few, but for this all encompassing group.
Who is everyone?
David plotted to have this man die in battle to cover up his affair with his wife Bathsheba.
Who is Uriah?
Social justice does not refer to this system of government.
What is socialism?
What are the Beatitudes?
Subsidiarity without this other principle turns into selfish individualism.
What is solidarity?
Joining your student council to improve your school would be an example of this principle.
What is participation?
This is Pope Francis' real name.
What is Jorge Bergolio?
Workers receiving a just wage and having safe working conditions relates to this type of justice
What is distributive justice?
The people in Isaiah 58 were engaging in this type of outward repentance, but showed no inward conversion.
What is fasting?
Authorities can't claim this principle as justification for suppressing the rights of individuals.
What is the common good?
The right to acquire and use goods which the Church recognizes as legitimate is referred to as this.
What is private property?
In Matthew 25, Jesus separates people by how they served others in a final decision also referred to as this.
What is commutative justice?
If humanity had only received justice for our sin, we would be separated from God eternally, but he has shown us this.
What is mercy?
The Common Good requires this, meaning that a community must maintain security for its collective protection.
What is peace?
Unlike sects like the Amish, who abstain from voting, Catholics understand that we have a duty to participate in society and contribute to this.
What is the common good?
These inequalities exist when goods are unjustly distributed.
What are sinful inequalities?
The responsibility of each member of society to respect the dignity of every human being, and the rights which flow from that dignity and guarantee it is the definition of this type of justice.
What is social justice?
These, even if they are just and reasonable, can never bring about a just society.
What are laws?
This principle follows from the understanding that human beings are made in the image of God and have value and rights
What is the dignity of the human person?
Unlike the right to life, this right is not absolute or inalienable.
What is the right to private property?
The Church's teaching authority, which continues to guide us through complex social issues is known as this.
What is the magisterium?