Finals Reviewer: PART1 Flashcards
Pope Leo XIII
Rerum Novarum
“On the Conditions of Labor”
Rerum Novarum
First Social Encyclical
Rerum Novarum
MAGNA CARTA of the SCL
Rerum Novarum
Rerum Novarum, context:
Industrial/French Revolution
Rerum Novarum, theme:
- gap between rich and poor; uneven distribution of wealth
- moral decline among the people
- private property
- wages and contract
- workers’ union
Affirms moral question: concentrations in the hands of capitalist; labor is important as the capital
Rerum Novarum
Is a scandal to our common humanity
Inequality
Self direction lead to
Isolation among people (especially the poor)
Affirms the legitimacy of private ownership
Rerum Novarum
Are more unjust when they rob people of their property
Socialist
Property must be made available for _____ in dire need
Common use
Though rightly governed by mutual consent, may not be sufficient to guarantee the JUST WAGE of a worker
Contracts
Can still be subjected to the manipulation and exploitation of employers
Contracts
Wages and contracts, there is a need for?
Natural Justice (Procedural Fairness)
Wages must be enough to support the needs of an upright snd honest worker
Natural Justice
Though suspected often as communist organizations, were supported by Church
Unions
Are unions supported by the Church?
Yes
Allow workers to earn enough Bargaining Power
Unions
Unions’ priority is to safeguard what?
The common good
Pope Pius XI
Quadragesimo Anno
“On Reconstructing the Social Order”
Quadragesimo Anno
Aims to form a strong national government
Nationalist Government
(Quadragesimo Anno) Contributed to the massive unemployment, poverty and misery among people
Great Depression
Themes of Quadragesimo Anno
- critique against economic dictators
- principle of subsidiarity
- warning against imperialism