Exam 1. Catholic Social Doctrine and Jurisprudence Flashcards
What are the 2 law docs?
Declaration of Independence and preamble to constitution
What does the Declaration of Independence say?
all men are created equal and have undeniable rights (life, liberty, and happiness)
What does undeniable rights mean in the preamble to constitution?
they cannot easily be taken away
What does the Preamble to the Constitution say?
right to…
- form a union
- establish justice
- insure domestic Tranquility
- provide for the common defense
- promote the general Welfare
- secure the Blessings of Liberty to
ourselves and our Posterity
- do ordain and establish this Constitution for the USA.
3 things constitution guarantees
life, liberty, and property
What are the 6 great ideas of western civilization according to Mortimer Adler?
How we judge the transcendentals- truth, beauty, and goodness.
How we act- life, liberty, and equality.
Def of a person
independent, moral being with substance and rational.
The two ways that we are like God?
intellect (reasoning to attain truth) and volition (power to chose good/evil)
2 types of ethics
personal (how we treat each other) and social (how we apply ethical standards to our associations)
What are the 3 ways we organize ourselves?
- Civic Organizations
- Economics
- Political
3 types of justice
Communicative, distributive, and legal
communicative justice
duty of fairness in exchange for business.
distributive justice
what the community owes to its members
legal justice
what we owe to the community
what are the four schools of Jurisprudence
historical, realist, positivist, and natural law
