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Social Justice Unit 4 Study Guide
Vocabulary:
Social Sin - The effect of sin over time, which can affect society and its institutions to create structures of sin.
Structures of Sin - Social situations and institutions that are contrary to the divine goodness that shape a society’s values and changes its structural ways of living. Structures of sin are the expression and effect of personal sins. They perpetuate sin by leading their victims to do evil in their turn.
Conversion - A radical reorientation of one’s whole life away from sin and evil and toward God.
Liberation Theology - A discredited branch of theology influenced by the Marxist idea that oppression is rooted in certain social structures that must be radically changed - usually through revolution - in order to uproot the power structures that exploit the poor. It originated in Latin America in the 1950s.
Culture of Death - A culture that is so excessively concerned with efficiency that it considers life that is vulnerable, inconvenient, or dependent as disposable.
Subsidiarity - The organizing principle that matters are best handled by the smallest, lowest, or least centralized authority. A community of a higher order should not interfere with the inner life of a community of a lower order, depriving it of its functions, but should support it in case of need and help integrate it into the larger society, with a view to the common good.
Demagoguery - The practice of exploiting the fears and prejudices of the ordinary people in a society in order to gain political power in a democracy.
Hope - The theological virtue by which we desire the Kingdom of God and eternal life and place our trust in all of God’s promises to us.
Ch 12
Original Sin - The state of human nature deprived of the original holiness and justice Adam and Eve enjoyed before the fall.
Decalogue - Title for the Ten Commandments, from the Greek for “Ten Words” (deca = ten; logos = word)
Idolatry - The worship of false gods
Pride - The undue self-esteem or self-love that seeks attention and honor and sets oneself in competition with God. It is the capital sin that is traditionally considered the source of all other sins.
Conscience - The gift God gave human beings to be able to use reason in order to judge right from wrong. Our conscience is God’s voice in our hearts. We have a responsibility to inform our conscience with prayer and God’s word about what is truly good.
Freedom of Conscience - The principle that nobody may be forced to act against his convictions, nor prevented from acting in accordance with his conscience in religious matters, within due limits.
Ch 13
Abortion - The deliberate termination of pregnancy by killing the unborn child. Willed as an ends or a means, abortion is gravely contrary to the moral law.
Euthanasia - The intentional killing of a person in order to spare them a painful death. The word comes from the Greek eu, for good, and thanatos, death.
In Vitro Fertilization - A procedure whereby a human being is convicted by combining eggs taken from a woman’s ovaries with a man’s semen (usually collected by masturbation) in a test tube (in vitro is Latin for “in glass”), and, after a few days of development, the growing embryos are then implanted in a woman’s uterus or frozen. Extra unwanted fertilized eggs are then destroyed.
Capital Punishment - The execution of a criminal, after being duly found guilty and sentenced to death in a manner authorized by the State. Aka the death penalty.
Just War Doctrine - The conditions that must all exist at the same time for a war to be just. These conditions are: the damage by the aggressors must be lasting, grave, and certain; all other means of avoiding war must have been tried; there must be a real chance of winning; and the war itself must not result in worse conditions that’s the conditions that cause the war.
Scandal - An attitude or behavior that leads another to do evil.
Adultery - Marital infidelity in thought or deed, or sexual relations between two partners, at least one of whom is married to another party.
Unitive - Marking one. Producing union. One of the two purposes of marriage.
Divorce - The claim that the indissoluble marriage bond validly entered into between a man and a woman is broken. A civil dissolution of the marriage contract, however, does not free persons from their commitment to each other before God, so remarriage after divorce is not possible.
Chastity - The true integration of sexuality within a person’s bodily and spiritual being. It includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery. Each of us is called to chastity.
Ch. 14
Intellectual Property - A category of property that derives from the work of the intellect. It typically refers to works of the mind such as inventions, artistic works, and other intangible creations
Industry (Ther personal value) - Diligence and effort directed at creating something of value for improving one’s life and the lives of others.
Crony Capitalism - A corrupt form of the capitalists system in which businesses lobby the government to pass costly regulations to limit competition
Greed - The capital sin of inordinate love of riches, or of describing to amass earthly goods without limit.
Temperance - The moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods
Rash Judgement - An assumption about the moral fault of a neighbor without the proper foundation, deliberation, or knowledge of the facts
Detraction - the revealing of another person’s faults and failings to someone who did not know about them for a valid reason. Detraction is an instance where telling the truth can be a sin, if truth is given to someone who did not have the right to it.
Calumny - The intentional damaging of someone’s reputation by saying false things about them
Reparation - A commensurate of compensation or making of amends for a wrong or injury done.
Propaganda - A communication campaign, typically mounted by a political entity, intended to inflame the passions of the public opinion. Propaganda techniques include presentation of biased, selectively choose, or false information, the use of altered videos, Bandwagon techniques such as slogans and hostages, and many others.
Covetousness - the inordinate use desire to posses an object
Occasion of Sin - External circumstances whether a person or a thing, that empty or leads a person to sin.
Lust - A disordered desire for or inordinate enjoyment of sexual pleasure for its own sake, isolated from its procreative and unitive purposes.
Ch. 15
The Beatitudes - The teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount on the meaning and way to true happiness or fulfillment.
Sermon on the Mount - Jesus’ most important moral teaching, found in Matt. 5, in which He explains the divine principles of justice guiding us to the narrow path that leads to Heaven.
Great Commandments - Jesus’ summary of the Law and the prophets: Love God with all your heart, soul, and mind, and love your neighbor as yourself.
Concepts
What is personal sin? - act of will, decision to do or not do something.
What is the principle of Subsidiarity? - states that matters are best handled by the smallest/lowest/least centralized authority
What is the Church’s Mission? - To spread the gospel and administer sacraments
What is the 5th commandment? - You shall not kill, covers all life issues but it also talks about killing their reputation, ability to work etc
When are we allowed to use self-defense? - We are allowed to use self-defense when we are in danger, but not when we cannot use more force than what is being used against us.
What is scandal?- Scandal is when our actions cause others to sin, what we do and what we profess can lead others to believe that it is ok and sin.
What are the two purposes of sexual intimacy? - Unit and procreation
What is our Lady of Guadalupe the patroness of? - She is the patroness of the Americas and unborn
What does the word beatitude mean? - Means “blessed happiness” (greatest happiness)
What does it mean to be poor in spirit? - not attached to the goods of the world, not most important things in our lives. People > things
What is the 7th commandment concerned with? - Thou shalt not steal, can’t take private property, steal the ability to have a livelihood, stealing of ideas, doesn’t have to be an “object”
What are the 9th and 10th commandments? - You shall not covet your neighbor's wife. Shall not covet your neighbor’s goods. (No jealousy or envy)
What are the 2 great commandments? - You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and soul. You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
What does it mean to hunger and thirst for righteousness mean? - We also work for justice and the common good
Essays
1. What is social sin and how is personal sin related to social sin?
Personal sin —> When enough people commit that sin, and looked at as acceptable —> social sin
2. What are the four criteria for a just war?
don’t have to explain just list them
(1) the damage inflicted by the aggressor, must be lasting, grave, and certain
(2) all other means to resolve the conflict must’ve been shown to be impractical and ineffective
(3) there must be a serious prospect of success
(4) the use of arms must not produce a greater evil
3. Why is forgiving someone who has injured you a sign of strength rather than fighting back?
Difficult to control emotions, so it shows strength to NOT want to retaliate
Turn the other cheek
Love our enemies
Pray for those who persecute us.
Extra Questions:
(Vocab words are highlighted)
T/F
- Beatitude means God is good F
- Meek avoid the sin of pride T
- Self-defense isn’t allowed in the church F
- there are many ways sexual intimacy can be true and honest F
- sin is never really private T
- T ? (Sin)
- lady of Guadalupe is the patroness of the unborn T