4: Econ

Question 1

“Work is for the worker, & not the worker for the work.”
WHO

Answer 1

Pope John Paul II’s Laborem Exercens – “On Human Work”

Question 2

“True socialization is achieved only when all persons, on the basis of their work, can fully consider themselves part owners”
WHO

Answer 2

Pope John Paul II Laborem Exercens, 14

Question 3

without extension of democracy or empowerment

Answer 3

voiceless growth

Question 4

what kind of dehumanizing poverty of economic exclusion in the ph is this?

privatization of public hospitals & rising population of the elderly

Answer 4

exclusion from adequate health care

Question 5

without new opportunities for employment

Answer 5

jobless growth

Question 6

what kind of dehumanizing poverty of economic exclusion in the ph is this?

unemployment & underemployment, contractual labor

Answer 6

exclusion from gainful livelihood

Question 7

becomes a source of social sin when accompanied by anxiety concerning competition for social statues, fame, & power

Answer 7

Personal & Social Sins in Work

Question 8

a mode of settling labor disputes & a just means of compromise between the employer & laborers

Answer 8

Collective Bargaining

Question 9

when it leads to alienation of the worker-person form their identity – use when profitable then discarded when no longer needed or made to work with no consideration for his intellectual & moral perfection

Answer 9

Personal & Social Sins in Work

Question 10

5 CBCP’s Kinds of Dehumanizing “Poverty of Economic Exclusion” in the Philippines

Answer 10

exclusion from gainful livelihood
sufficient shelter
rural development
adequate health care
quality education

Question 11

determinants of a just wage

Answer 11

• should be a family wage
• contribution of the worker in the economic effort
• national common good
• universal common good

Question 12

Threefold Significance of Work

Answer 12

Personal
Familial
Societal

Question 13

A Faceless Development

Answer 13

trickle down economics

Question 14

“In a world where there is so much wealth, so many resources to feed everyone, it is unfathomable that there are so many hungry children, so many without education, so many are poor. It is indeed a scandal.”

WHO

Answer 14

Pope Francis on World Youth Day in Rio, 2013

Question 15

Filipinos have a society’s right to participate or at least to be consulted in decisions that affect their lives.
calls for the authorities to evaluate the possible negative impacts of projects in the name of progress, industrialization, & development

Answer 15

Centrality Of Human Person & Solidarity

Question 16

destroys the environment

Answer 16

futureless growth

Question 17

Includes the acts done, the resources utilized, instruments used & technology adopted, in order to produce something for temporal advantages

Answer 17

Objective sense:

Recognition Of The Meaning & Dignity Of Work

Question 18

the collective & concerted refusal to work on the part of the organized workers to continue rendering their services for the purpose of obtaining benefits

Answer 18

strike

Question 19

all material resources – money, tools, instruments for production or manufacturing

Answer 19

capital

Question 20

The human person engaged in or attending to a job; the activity of a worker as an individual capable of undertaking a variety of actions necessary for his/her self-realization, in accordance with his role or mandate

Answer 20

Subjective sense:

Recognition Of The Meaning & Dignity Of Work

Question 21

what kind of dehumanizing poverty of economic exclusion in the ph is this?

rural poverty (due to urban-centered development)

Answer 21

exclusion from rural development

Question 22

what kind of dehumanizing poverty of economic exclusion in the ph is this?

informal settlers & homeless either by natural & man-made calamities

Answer 22

exclusion from sufficient shelter

Question 23

causes cultural identities to wither

Answer 23

rootless growth

Question 24

an expression of man’s true nature as being made in the image & likeness of God thru working creatively & responsibly using one’s talents & abilities to the fullest

Answer 24

vocation

Question 25

what kind of dehumanizing poverty of economic exclusion in the ph is this?

out-of-school youths & overcrowded schools

Answer 25

exclusion from quality education

Question 26

personal element of the worker or strength of the human resources – knowledge, creativity, & capacity

Answer 26

labor

Question 27

benefiting mainly the wealthy

Answer 27

ruthless growth

Question 28

when it becomes a compulsion because of social tendency to judge persons in terms the of work they do, their wage, & their economic success

Answer 28

Personal & Social Sins in Work

Question 29

morality of strike

Answer 29

MUST be for a good cause
- All other means must have been exhausted.
- The good expected from the strike should be greater than its negative consequence.
- There should be a reasonable hope of success.
- The means employed must be morally acceptable.

Question 30

The richest 10% of the PH population is earning 10x more than the poorest 10%, with the income of the richest families soaring way beyond the income of the poorest.
the bottom line is the refusal of the more privileged of the “universal destination of goods” that ultimately brings about this social disorder, unrest, dissent, even violence in society

Answer 30

Universal Purpose Of Created Goods

Question 31

Work should make one closer to God, as a participation in the creative empower of God thru changing, developing, ennobling, & beautifying things on Earth.

Answer 31

Participation of Christ’s Redemptive Act