Chapter 13
What is common good?
The total sum of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily.
What is private property?
something that is owned for one's exclusive use or for one's exclusive control.
What is ecology?
The study of the earth's biosphere. It is discourse about planet earth, our dwelling place or home.
What is theocentrism?
A worldview that considers God to be the most significant entity in the universe.
What is an intentional act?
An act done with intent and not done as a mistake or error. Sin is an intentional act, it is not a mistake or error.
What is the golden rule?
"Do onto others as you would have them do onto you"
"The relationship of the individual to society based on law and the enforcement of the law"
Legal justice
What is a conservationist?
Someone who sees nature as a resource that is persevered for human consumption.
What is a globalist?
Someone who believes all elements of nature are worthy of protection whether living or non-living
What is absolution?
In the sacrament of reconciliation, the priest absolves the penitent from his or his sins. It is the remission of sins pronounced by the priest.
What is economics?
What is distributive justice?
The relationship of the government or society to the individual, and the government's obligations.
What is dominion?
A Hebrew word meaning “rule over so that right order may be achieved”. Humans are called to exercise dominion over the earth, a dominion of service, wisdom and love.
"One who views all living creatures as a part of an integrated ecosystem, having value in and of themselves."
Preservationist.
What is restorative justice?
A process that brings together victims, offenders, and the community in order to repair the harm and promote harmony. It emphasizes healing the harm caused by harm by means of naming the truth and making amends personally.
What does it mean to be righteous?
Acting in accord with divine or moral law
"The contractual relationship of one individual to another individual, and between institutions that have the legal status of a person"
Commutative justice
"One who views nature in terms of a hierarchy of living creatures, from the lowest microbe to the highest (humans.) They believe that the lowest forms are meant to serve the highest forms. Ex: plants serve animals."
Hierarchist
What is a penitent?
someone who recognizes his or her sinfulness, and touched by the grace of God, seeks reconciliation through the sacrament of reconciliation.
What is penance?
Serves to make up for the past and to help the penitent begin his or her new life. In the sacrament of reconciliation, the priest asks the penitent to do an act of “satisfaction” or penance for his or her sins. This act of penance can take place in the form of prayer, self-denial, or especially service to one’s neighbour and works of service.
What is solidarity?
Unity with and among people based on common interests, values, and principles.
What is anthropocentrism?
A world view that considers the human being as the most significant entity in the universe.
"How humankind is to exercise dominion over creation. It is a caring cooperation with God, a caring of creation with a sense of service, motivated by love."
Stewardship
What is repentance?
The act by which a penitent recognizes his or her sinfulness, manifests contrition, and resolves to begin a new life by asking God’s pardon.
What is mortal and venial sin? What is social sin?
Mortal sin is sin that is committed with full knowledge and deliberate consent and venial sin refers to sin committed when one does not observe the standard prescribed by moral law, or when one disobeys moral law, but without full knowledge or complete consent.
Social sin: Personal sin gives rise to social situations and institutions that are contrary to divine goodness. They lead their victims do evil in their turn. Living in a state of sin corrodes and destroys the communion and solidarity to which God calls us.