Exploring Love, Justice, and Social Responsibility

Love

steadfast commitment to the well-being of others

Justice

love shown in public

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 Sin

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

Alabama Prison System

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

Rerum Novarum 1

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

Rerum Novarum 2

urged governments to step in when problems arose within industry

Rerum Novarum 3

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

Rerum Novarum 4

workers have right to form unions

Dignity

the equal value of all human beings

Solidarity

unity among people

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

phrase coined by Pedro Arupe in 1968

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

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

Justice triangle

(contributive, distributive, cooperative)

Fr. Greg Boyle

Fr. Greg Boyle believes that he 'never met an evil person'

Homeboy Industries

Homeboy Industries helps individuals who were gang members rejoin society through work and relationships

What is Homeboy Industries cause

Offering opportunities to leave their gang life behind.

Equity

Means of access/level of merit to be equal

Equality

The same treatment

Kitchen Nightmares (Amy's Baking Company)

Gordon Ramsay visits ABC with owners Amy and Sammy; the restaurant looks to be in good shape but they can't keep staff.

Social Justice

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

Common Good

Putting others before yourself.

Social Contract

The ability to have freedom and make choices; the need to limit our freedom means that to keep societal peace and our freedom, we must follow the rules.

Social Sin

What happens when there's a breakdown in society of the justice triangle; defined as a Sin by a large group to another large group.

Marginalization

A group that is pushed away from the main parts of society.

Stewardship

The responsibility to be caretakers of all creation.

Fr. Greg Boyle and Homeboy Industries

Takes gang members and makes them, not gang members and good people.

The Industrial revolution

profit became the priority over the dignity of the person