Love, Justice, and Social Responsibility Concepts

Love

steadfast commitment to the well-being of others

Justice

love shown in the public life

Justice (from virtues unit)

the constant and permanent determination to give everyone his or her rightful due (sometimes connected to the idea of rights)

Social Justice

Fair and equitable society where everyone has equal rights, opportunities, and resources, regardless of their background or identity

Common Good

the complete development of the people in the world

Common Good (CCC)

the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or individuals to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily

Common Good (John XXIII)

the sum total of conditions of social living, whereby persons are enabled more fully and readily to achieve their own perfection

Principles

a guiding ideals/morals to live life by

Social Contract

A set of unwritten rules that a society operates by, in order to keep order and to thrive

Social Sin

Collective sins of society (group of people against another group of people)

Social Sin (Gregory Baum)

theologian Gregory Baum calls social sin 'collective blindness'

Social Sin (definition)

social sin exists within any structure in society that oppresses human beings, violates human dignity, shifts freedom and/or imposes great inequity

Marginalization

the 'outcasted groups' within a society like women, children, the poor, disabled, and more

Alabama Prison System

Alabama Prison System was a documentary covering corruption within the Alabama Justice System.

Alabama Prison System (non-violent offenders)

Convicts who had been deemed to have been no harm to their fellow citizens were able to enter the workforce to get a job and obtain money.

Alabama Prison System (parole statistics)

Based on their guidelines, 80% of these non-violent offenders who work in public life, and GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES FOR UP TO 3 DAYS AT A TIME WITHOUT SUPERVISION, should go free, but only 8% receive parole.

Alabama Prison System (labor)

Alabama makes 400 million of their labor with a 40% cut before taxes.

Alabama Prison System (punishment)

If they refuse to work if they are feeling sick they are racked with extreme punishment, more labor, and even solitary confinement.

Industrial Revolution

profit became the priority over the dignity of the person

Industrial Revolution

largely led to "multiple worlds," and drove distance between humans

Industrial Revolution

increased inequality/wealth gap

Industrial Revolution

Workers in horrible, unsafe, and exploitative conditions

Rerum Novarum

Which means "on the condition of workers"

Rerum Novarum

told wealthy industrialists they could not abuse workers for their own gain

Rerum Novarum

urged governments to step in when problems arose within industry

Rerum Novarum

workers have a right to a living wage, ensuring basic rights for all citizens

Rerum Novarum

workers have right to form unions

Dignity

the equal value of all human beings

Stewardship

the responsibility to be caretakers for all creation

Solidarity

unity among people

Preferential Option for the Poor (P.O.P.)

phrase coined by Pedro Arrupe in 1968

Preferential Option for the Poor (P.O.P.)

defined as "the Christian obligation to first and foremost for the poor and marginalized"

Preferential Option for the Poor (P.O.P.)

Christians can't be neutral regarding justice and poverty

Preferential Option for the Poor (P.O.P.)

love is not neutral

Preferential Option for the Poor (P.O.P.)

we should be prompted to act

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

Feed the hungry

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

Give drink to the thirsty

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

shelter the homeless

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

visit the sick

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

visit the prisoners

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

bury the dead

Corporal Works of Mercy (C.W.M.)

give alms to the poor

Equity vs equality

Equality: the same treatment

Equity vs equality

Equity: means of access/level of merit to be equal