Discipleship unit 2 test

Visible design

Things we see or touch (phones, clothes, chairs, tables)

Invisible designs

systems or processes (education, law, healthcare)

Purpose of products

created to solve problems and make life easier

juvenile court fighting 

people were fighting because of stress and frustration from the system, not just anger. The proposed solution was to redesign the space to reduce tension and make it more supportive 

When visible designs fails

things break, become unsafe, fall apart

When invisable designs fails

systems dont serve people well causing inequality or inefficiency

Voices in design 

everyone affected by the design, especially those who use it 

why is it hard to change design

when people depend on it or its deeply built in society

What does fisher say on improving the performance of systems (invisible) 

 Fisher says to redesign them by listening to people and testing solutions.

What happens when we do not recognize the system we depend o as designed

We tolerate unfairness or failure because we think thats just how it is

What must you do prior to determining a plan of action for change

Understand the problem completely and listen to all voice

Justice

Long term, giving others what they are owed 

Communitave justice

fairness between individials

Distributive justice

fair distribution of goods in society

Legal/social justice

We we owe to society or the common good 

What is charity

short term, love in action helping others out of compassion

Qualifications for the common good

Conditions that allow all people to thrive

Freedom

Ability to choose good and act responsibly 

Body, soul, and image and likeness of God/rational beings

Humans reflect God and have dignity and reason

Inequality and Sin

Sin causes unfair differences between people

Subsidiarity

decisions should be made at the lowest, most local level possible

Life and Dignity of the human person

the sacred value of every human life and the inherent worth and dignity of every individual, regardless of their circumstances.

Call to family, community, and participation 

people grow and learn through community involvement 

Rights and Responsibilities

Everyone has rights and must respect others rights

Option for the poor and vulnerable

care for the poor and vulnerable first

Solidarity

Standing with others in unity and peace.

Balfour’s idea of knowing

He thought to “know” meant to control or define others.

True meaning of knowing:

• To understand through listening and empathy. 

Balfour’s hypocrisy

 He said Egypt couldn’t govern itself, while Britain took away its freedom.

Implicit bias

Unconscious attitudes formed by culture or experience.

Explicit bias

Open and intentional prejudice.

To other

To treat a group different or lesser creating seperation and misunderstanding 

Othering effects

prevents real understandings; builds power and imbalance

Patronize

To talk down to someone kindly but disrespectfully

Paternalize

To act like a parent who knows best and control others choices

First principle of aid

dont start anything - listen first to what people want

Second principle of aid

support local passion - help people with their own ideas

How are sirollies zambia story and aids sidewalk story simular

Both show outsiders assuming locals are less intelligent. Real help means respect and listening

Understand what Sirolli means in terms of responding to people and being a servant of the local passion or a servant of the passion of the local people.

Support what locals care about; don’t impose your own goals.

Understand what the corporal works of mercy are and where they come from.

Corporal works of mercy: Acts of kindness to meet physical needs (feed the hungry, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, etc.); come from the Bible.

Why don’t people attend to the needs of those who are suffering? 

Fear, selfishness, or thinking it’s someone else’s job.

Understand St. Basil the Great’s quote and what it means for the Church’s understanding of action and inaction.

• Not sharing with the poor is like stealing from them; inaction is a sin.

•  Christians must act, not just feel compassion—faith requires service

connect Daniel Friggith to what we have learned in class

• be children of light and help others

• we are called to be the people of God

• Respond with the gospel of the lord

• Precepts of God are founded on love of God and love of your neighbors

• The church should stand up to the universal human dignity in any place that it is threathened.