THL Ethics Hein Quiz #3

Social Ethics

the systemic reflection of the moral dimension of social structures, systems, issues, and communities (the polis)

Social Ethics Principles

1. examine the existing social connections

2. determine which are problematic

3. analyze possible actions that could alter the conditions

4. prescribe solutions

CST Official Beginning

Rerum Novarum (1891) - Pope Leo XIII

"on the condition of labor"

Reading the "Signs of the Times"

understanding, learning from, and analyzing the world around us

7 Themes of CST

1. life and dignity of the human person

2. call to family, community, and participation

3. rights and responsibilities

4. preferential option for the poor

5. rights and dignity of works

6. solidarity

7. care for creation

Reason for State

Subsidiary: to intervene at the lowest level possible, but highest level necessary

Ensure the rights and duties of all people

- Sacred: we have inherent rights

- Social: we have duties

Promote the common good: sum total of conditions that allow people to flourish

Participation

We have a right and responsibility to participate

Voting: Moral obligation to participate in political life

4 Candidate Considerations

1. competence

2. character

3. collaboration

4. connections

Vote for candidate; not for issues

3 Elements of an Issue Stances

1. judges something a problem

2. diagnoses a cause

3. proposes a solution

Civil Disobedience

the intentional breaking of the law in order to call attention to injustice

Advocacy

"support/recommendation for a particular cause/policy"

Christian advocacy is rooted in the prophetic strain of the tradition

Just Law

- moral and legal obligation to obey

- man made code that squares with the moral law and law of God

Unjust Law

- moral responsibility to disobey

- human laws that is not rooted in the eternal law or natural law

1. out of harmony with eternal law

2. degrades human dignity

4 Steps of Non-violent Direct Action

1. collection of the facts to determine if an injustice exists

2. negotiation

3. self-purification

4. direct action

Retributive Justice

- "punishment"

- a debt is owed / balance the scales

- deterrent

- teleological = duty

Restorative Justice

- "make whole"

- address a victim's needs / facilitate wrongdoer accountability

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