Seven themes of social justice
What is the dignity of human life?
All life created and redeemed by God is sacred
Dignity due to being an image and likeness of God
The Incarnation: Jesus identification with each of us
Racial prejudice
Strong negative feeling that a person holds toward members of another race
Why did the Church think it necessary to clarify her teaching on the transmission of life and the regulation of birth?
Many people had questions about married life and how can they regulate birth
How is the value and dignity of human life specifically linked to its beginning andend?
At the beginning of life and at the end of life we are most vulnerable. At the most vulnerable parts of life is where our value and dignity must be most protected.
What are the TWO FOUNDATIONS TO ALL CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Dignity of Human Life
Care for the Common Good
What is the Preferential Option for the Poor
Moral Principle: universal destination of the goods of the earth.
Goods of the earth for every human being.
See Christ in the homeless, outcast, unpopular
Appropriate use of wealth and other resources
Be a voice for the voiceless
Concern for the spiritually poor
Distributive Justice
Justice that our society owes to us as individuals (roads, military, laws, etc)
What is the name of the Pope did Pope Paul VI consult his studies?
John XXIII
What is euthanasia
The painless killing of a person
What is an encyclical
papal letters written by the pope
What is Call to Family, Community and Participation
Society should protect dignity of family
All should work for the common good.
Dignity
The respect owed to all humans because they are made in God’s image
The teaching authority of the church on this subject came from her understanding of what type of law?
Natural law
What is the moral difference between Euthansia and Legitimate Decisions?
Euthansia is not the answer to suffering. It is a disappropriate response when life continues to have value and knowing that dying is a natural process. Euthansia is not mercy. It is a defiance on natural order.
What is common good
The benefit or interests of all people
The three necessities to promote the common good
Respect life of every person
Commitment to society and making sure all individuals needs are met
Peaceful and Just society
What is Responsibilities and Rights
All have rights, especially the right to life and what sustains it.
Society has the responsibility to foster and protect these rights.
Simple living
A way of life in which a person buys and uses only what is needed, out of respect for people and resources
What real event did Paul VI predict in Humanae Vitae?
China’s “One Child” policy and abortion.
How are Euthansia and assisted suicide preversions of mercy and compassion?
Euthansia and assisted suicide are not mercy. They block the process of receiving the love, mercy and support of Jesus.
What is CAPITALISM
A governmental system where private companies control trade, economy, and private property.
What is Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
God’s creation plan includes work.
Right to Work in just conditions
Legal justice
A justice that we as individuals owe to our society (jury duty, taxes, etc.)
What does Pope Paul VI say are the two aspects of conjugal love?
Unitive and Procreative.
Why did Pope JPII say that Euthansia is a misguided response to suffering?
Because suffering he says has purpose. When we suffer we unite with the suffering of Jesus and realize he knows what we are going through.
What is social sin ?
The effect that every sin has on others; sin that violates the freedom, dignity or rights of others.
The collective effect of such sins, which can affect society and its institutions to create structures of sin.
Includes attitudes, actions and structures that foster unjust treatment.
The effect that every sin has on others; sin that violates the freedom, dignity or rights of others.