module 4 socond sem

7/26/2019 Module 4 Socond Sem.

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Specifc Learning Objectives: The learner should be able to:1. Explain the concept of economic activity and social justice2. Analyze the violation on social justice.3. Criticize issues on social justice.4. Desin propaandas that uphold human dinity and social justice

1. !hat is society" A roup of persons #ound toether oranically #y a principle of unity that oes #eyond each

one of them. $CCC 1%%&'

2. !hat is the mission of the Church" (o denounce injustice and to proclaim justice

3. !hat are the Church dreams of individual mem#ers of the community" A. Alive and lie-giving)t is not enouh that one can do his daily chores and live a *normal+ life. )t means #ein *a,are+of ,hat is happenin around us. -e reaches out to others and #ecomes the source of their*a,areness+ and life.

Example: Rich family is alive if they are aware of what is happening to the poor families intheir community and they can empathize with them. But they are can become lifegiving if theydo something to alleviate their poverty and lessen their su!ering.

B. Free and Freeing community ,hose free mem#ers are not only free individuals #ut are themselvesinstruments so that others ,ill also #ecome free. ome people are free yet not freein.Example/ (hose ,ho commit the crime of apartheid0 ,hich is committed #y those ,ho considerthemselves free #ut ,ho loo do,n at people of other races a second class citizens ,ho shouldnot possess the same rihts that they have0 is an example of free yet not freein people. (his isnot the ind of free community that ,e envision.

. !esponsive and !esponsible A responsive person responds to the call of the sins of the times.Example/ A student0 inside the room has the *callin+ to listen0 study and participate in thediscussions. (he students response to this callin could either #e a responsi#le or anirresponsi#le one. )n the macro level0 the society has a particular callin or demand from each ofits mem#ers and from od to ,hich it should mae a responsi#le response.

". Loving and Lovable ilipinos #ecome more serious in their e5ort to love their neih#ors as a ,ay offollo,in the commandment of Christ. !e should also mae ourselves lova#le0 i.e. to mae it

easier for other people to accept us and love us.

#. aring and co$$unit% $inded Carin for one another and for the ,hole community is a very important aspect of theChurchs vision of a ,hole community of faith. (his is needed in our communities particularly#ecause of the ilipino mentality of *close family ties+ ,hich causes the tendency to limit ourattention to our family mem#ers only. (his is sometimes called the saop6orientedness of theilipinos.

&e also envision a co$$unit% thata. speas and listens7

#. discerns and decides toether in implementin its decisions7c. prays and cele#rates their joys and sorro,s toether7 andd. honestly loos at ,hat they had done and failed to do.

't is a co$$unit% (here:a. ,ealth is used for sharin0#. po,er is exercised for service andc. values create solidarity.

4. !hat is the Catholic ocial teachin"


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8 )t is the #ody of thouht and action throuh experience and tradition that helps uide usto deeper understandin of the role of our faith values and ho, to live them in concrete socialand historical situations. 8 )t is the ey to catholic identity

(he central messae is simple/ our faith is profoundly social. !e cannot #e called truly *Catholic+ unless ,e hear andheed the Church9s call to serve those in need and ,or for justice and peace.

8 )t is a#out #uildin a just society and livin lives of holiness amidst the challenes of modernsociety. 8 )t is a #alance #et,een the dinity of the human person and the common ood. 8 )t comes from scripture0 o:cial documents and the tradition of the church. 8 )t is an essential part of the Catholic faith. 8 )t is the Catholic Christian response to #asic modern social pro#lems.

;. !here it started")n 1%ope ?eo @))) erum Bovarum/ n the Condition or )ssue of ?a#or 8 (oo fe, people control production

8 Concentrated ,ealth promotes reed 8 )nhuman and unjust ,orin conditions 8 ocialism rejects private property and promotes class ,arfare 8 >u#lic authorities are nelectin ,orer and the poor

. !hat are the responses of these issues" 8 ee more euita#le distri#ution of property and oods 8 Distinuish just o,nership from just use 8 euire employers to pay ,aes adeuate to support ,orers and families7 challene therich to ive to the poor 8 ee more euita#le distri#ution of property and oods

8 Distinuish just o,nership from just use 8 econize churchs role in teachin social principles and #rinin classes toether incomplementary social roles.F. !hat are the major themes of Catholic ocial (eachin" A. Lie and "ignit% o the )u$an *erson 8 ur #elief in the sanctity of human life and the inherent dinity of the human person is thefoundation of all the principles of our social teachin. 8 Every person is created in the imae of od. Every person is precious.

8 All social la,s0 practices0 and institutions must protect0 not undermine0 human life and

dinity = from conception throuh natural death.8 ?ife is more than via#ility

!hat the documents say"8 >astoral Constitution on the Church0 no 2F

*All o5enses aainst life0 such as murder0 enocide0 a#ortion0 euthanasia0 and ,illful suicide/ allviolations of the interity of the human personG all o5enses aainst human dinity0 such assu#human livin conditions0 ar#itrary imprisonment0 deportation0 slavery0 prostitution0 thesellin of ,omen and children0 deradin ,orin conditions ,here men are treated as meretools for proHt rather than free and responsi#le persons/ all these and the lie are criminal/(hey poison civilization G and militate aainst the honor of the Creator.+

8 >ope Iohn >aul ))0 (he ospel of ?ife0 no 3*Every individual0 precisely #y reason of the mystery of the !ord of od ,ho ,as made Jesh0 isentrusted to the maternal care of the Church. (herefore every threat to human dinity and lifemust necessarily #e felt in the Churchs very heartG+

!hat is the principle of life and dinity"8 (he principle of life and dinity is the foundation of all other themes and principles of

Catholic social teachin.Bone of them ,ould have value or credi#ility ,ithout this principle.

B. all to Fa$il%+ o$$unit% , *articipation


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8 !e are social #eins. !e realize our dinity and human potential in our families andcommunities. (he family is the #asic cell of society7 it must #e supported.8 -o, ,e oranize our society = in economics and politics0 and la, and policy = directly a5ectshuman dinity and the capacity of individuals to ro, in community.8 overnment has the mission of protectin human life0 promotin the common ood of allpeople0 and defendin the riht and duty of all to participate in social life.

!hat the documents say"8 Catechism of the Catholic Church0 no. 1ope Iohn >aul ))0 1&&th Anniversary of erum Bovarum

)t is necessary to o #ac to seein the family as the sanctuary of life. (he family is

indeed sacred/ it is the place in ,hich life 6 the ift of od = can #e properly ,elcomed andprotected aainst the many attacs to ,hich it is exposed0 and can develop in accordance ,ith,hat constitutes authentic human ro,th.

C. ihts and esponsi#ilities8 (he Catholic tradition teaches that human dinity can #e protected and a healthy communitycan #e achieved only if human rihts are protected and responsi#ilities are met.8 (he church upholds #oth personal responsi#ility and social rihts. (he riht to life isfundamental and includes a riht to food0 clothin0 shelter0 rest0 medical care0 and essentialsocial services. Every person has the riht to raise a family and the duty to support them.

!hat the documents say"8 erum Bovarum = >ope ?eo @))) )t is not riht for either the citizen or the family to #ea#sor#ed #y the state7 it is proper that the individual and the family should #e permitted toretain their freedom of action0 so far as this is possi#le ,ithout jeopardizin the common oodand ,ithout injurin anyone.8 n Christianity and ocial >roress = >ope Iohn @@)))L(he tateM has also the duty to protect the rihts of all its people0 and particularly of its ,eaermem#ers0 the ,orers0 ,omen and children. )t can never #e riht for the state to shir itso#liations to ,or actively for the #etterment of the condition of L,orersM.

?ists of the human rihts #ased from the >ope Iohn @@)))s >acem in (erris1. iht to a decent existence

(his riht is the most fundamental of all rihts and from it Jo,s all the other rihts. (hisincludes the riht to life0 #odily interity0 and to all the means necessary to maintain a properdevelopment of life. (hese are primarily food0 clothin0 shelter0 rest0 medical care0 and othernecessary social services.2. iht pertainin to moral and cultural valuesEvery human #ein is #oth #ody and soul0 ,ith intellience and free ,ill. (hus0 every humanperson has moral and cultural rihts. (his includes the riht to a ood name and honor. Everypersons e5ort to see for holiness and perfection ,ill #e hindered if he lives ,ithout honoramon men. (he natural la, also ives man the riht to share #eneHts of culture0 and therefore0the riht to a #asic education and to technical and professional trainin in eepin ,ith thestae of educational development in the country to ,hich he #elons.+

3. iht to !orship-uman nature is essentially ordained to od. !e ,ere all created in the imae and lieness ofod and ,e can Hnd our ultimate happiness only in od.4. iht to choose ones ,ay of lifeAs human #eins0 ,e have the riht to choose freely the state of life ,hich ,e prefer. Alon ,iththis riht is the riht to found a family0 remain sine or follo, a vocation to the priesthood orreliious life. Bo one can force an individual to em#race a ,ay of life aainst his ,ill.;. ihts pertainin to economic lifeEvery human individual is a social #ein endo,ed ,ith intellience and free ,ill and is called tocontri#ute not only to his o,n ro,th and development #ut to the societys development as,ell. Necause of this0 the human individual must have the riht to free initiative and


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responsi#ility0 the riht to ,or0 to proper ,orin conditions0 to just ,aes and to proper,orin conditions0 to just ,aes and to private property of productive oods.. iht of Assem#ly and Associationtemmin from the nature of the human person as social #ein is the riht to freely formassem#lies and associations. (here are three forms of association/ AO)?P0 >)KA(EAC)A()B0 >?)()CA? C)E(P and (A(E.

F. iht to Emirate and )mmirate(o emirate is to leave ones country to settle in another ,hile to immirate is to come into ane, country in order to settle there. (his riht is #ased on the fact that all human #eins #elonto a sinle human race and are citizens of the ,orld community. As #rothers and sisters0 ,ehave to communicate ,ith and help one another. )mmiration to another country is leitimate,hen the individuals act of emiration does no harm to the country he left #ehind and ,hen his

entry into another country ,ill contri#ute #oth to his o,n ro,th and development and to thatof the country he enters.%. iht in the political order(o #ecome active participants in pu#lic a5airs particularly in matters reardin la,s and policiesof the state. (his riht also includes the citizens juridical protection #y the state0 such as theriht to due process0 freedom from ar#itrary arrest0 search0 ,iretappin0 torture0 etc >resently0there is also a need to underscore the rihts of ,omen and children. (his is due to the fact that,omen and children are usually the victims of human rihts violations and a#uses in ourcountry and in many parts of the ,orld. -uman tra:cin0 prostitution and di5erent forms ofa#uses and violence are usually committed aainst ,omen and children.

D. >referential option for the poor and vulnera#le8 Catholic teachin proclaims that a #asic moral test is ho, our most vulnera#le mem#ersare farin8 (he Church does not pit one social roup aainst another #ut instead follo, the exampleof our ?ord0 ,ho identiHed himself ,ith the poor and the vulnera#le. ivin priority concern tothe poor and the vulnera#le strenthens the health of the ,hole society. (he >referential optionfor the poor is rooted in Iesus teachin. *(he spirit of the ?ord is upon me7 -e has sent me to#rin lad tidins to the poor0+ $?. 4/1%'. (he preference for the poor indeed is a Christianpreference. (he Church ,ishes to convey its messae of salvation to all men reardless ofstatus in life0 #ut0 Hrst of all to those ,ho are less in life0 the poor. *Bot to ena#le the poor toshare in our oods is to steal from them and deprive them of life. (he oods ,e possess are not

ours0 #ut theirs0+ t. Iohn Chrysostom puts it. ne cannot amass the ,ealth of the earth as one,ould ,ish to do0 especially if it denies others the a#ility to provide foe the #asic necessities inlife. !hat siniHcance do the poor have for Christians"6 ?ove for the poor must #e in every ae the distinuishin mar of Christians. (he poordeserve not just a fe, alms7 they have a claim to justice. or Christians there is a specialo#liation to share their oods. ur example in love for the poor is Christ. L24436244M6 *Nlessed are the poor in spirit0 for theirs is the indom of heaven+ $Ot. ;/3' = that is theHrst sentence in Iesus ermon on the Oount. (here is material0 emotional0 intellectual0 andspiritual poverty. Christians must loo after the needy of this earth ,ith reat consideration0love0 and perseverance. After all0 on no other point ,ill they #e evaluated #y Christ so decisively

as on their ,ay of treatin the poor/ *As you did it to one of the least of these my #rethren0 youdid it to me+ $Ot. 2;/4&' Q 42F8 (he Church does not pit one social roup aainst another #ut instead follo, the exampleof our ?ord0 ,ho identiHed himself ,ith the poor and the vulnera#le. ivin priority concern tothe poor and the vulnera#le strenthens the health of the ,hole society.!hat the documents say"RCCN = Economic Iustice for All(he prime purpose of this special commitment to the poor is to ena#le them to #ecome activeparticipants in the life of society. )t is to ena#le all persons to share in and contri#ute to thecommon ood. (he *option for the poor0+ therefore0 is not an adversarial sloan that pits oneroup or class aainst another. ather it states that the deprivation and po,erlessness of the


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poor ,ounds the ,hole community. (he extent of their su5erin is a measure of ho, far ,e allare from #ein a true community of persons. (hese ,ounds ,ill #e healed only #y reatersolidarity ,ith the poor and amon the poor themselves.

E. Economic Iustice !hat is Iustice"Iustice is the prereuisite of love. )n the Ni#le0 it is sometimes used interchanea#ly ,ith the,ord rihteousness and understood in a ,ay that is #oth reliious and ethical. >esche deHnedjustice as renderin to each person or human community their o,n and due #y riht.

(he #edroc of social justice is love. ?ove0 Hrst of all demands justice. )ts demand is #ased onChrists command of love/+ ?ove one another as ) have loved your0+ $In. 1;/12'. Charity mustnot only #e a theory.

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