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
Are those people whose decisions have wide implications in the socio-economic system
Economic Dictators
One of the causes of the Great Depression
Economic Dictatorship
QA’s response to the need to balance personal freedom vis-a-vis the common good and equality
Principle of Subsidiarity
Personal Freedom
Capitalism and Democracy
Common Good and Equality
Socialism and Totalitarian Regimes
Quadragesimo Anno needs to be interpreted as a support both for:
- EMPOWERMENT of the lower bodies
- accountability for a RESPONSIBLE performance of their action
Warned the rise of Imperialism
Quadragesimo Anno
New form of Colonialism (Neo-Colonialism)
Imperislism
Happens when a state or organization is no longer allowed to govern itself
Imperialism
Two types of Imperialism
Economic Imperialism
Political Imperialism
Happens because of ‘economic dictators’ where the socio-economic environment are dominated by the few powerful ones
Economic Imperialism
Happens when a powerful nation exercise undue influence and dominance over a weaker nation
Political Imperiasm
John XXIII
Mater et Magistra
“Christianity and Social Progress”
Mater et Magistra
There are nations who were trying to rebuild themselves after the war
Post WWII context
After the second world war there emerged the war of IDEOLOGIES (Capitalism v. Socialism, by USA and USSR)
The EAST-WEST bloc
The increasing animosity between the USA and USSR
The Cold War
Increased production of nuclear weapon
The ARMS RACE
In 1969, USA successful landed a manned craft on the moon (before the Russians did)
Space Race
Used by US Military in 1969
Internet
Themes of Mater et Magistra:
- principle of socialization
- underdevelopment of peoples
- emphasis on the social process: SJA:See-Judge-Act
Encourages a social arrangement allowing cooperation/collab between nations
Mater et Magistra
The primary aim of socialization
To form association/institutions
Whose Primary task is to make everyone (especially the deprived poor) are provided with their basic needs
Association/Institutions
Emphasizes that socialization should be complemented with the principle of Subsidiarity and Social Inclusion
Mater et Magistra
Warns that people are poor not because they are not hardworking but are exploited
Mater et Magistra
Laments over the differences of the social conditions among people in the rich and poor nations
Mater et Magistra
Three stages followed in reduction of social principles into practice:
- One reviews the concrete situation
- One forms a judgment on it in the light (of these same principles)
- One decides what in the circumstances can and should be done to implement these principles
John XXIII
Pacem in Terris
“Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty”
Pacem in Terris
Presented the real danger and possibility of a Nuclear War
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Themes of Pacem in Terris:
- order and peace
- call for disarmament
Pacem in Terris: We could only guarantee peace if…
There is proper order among the relationships of people and nations
ORDER BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
- Realize that peace starts with the order of our personal relationship
- Order in personal relations start w/ recognition of the rights of each individual
- PT talks about Human Rights
ORDER BETWEEN CITIZENS AND GOV’T AUTHORITIES
- PT argues for the legitimacy of the state authorities
2. Gov’t authorities are reminded that their mandate comes from the people
Would have to responsibly carry out the common good
Gov’t Authorities
ORDER BETWEEN NATIONS
- Increased calls for cooperation among nations by creating Global Community
- Appreciation of UN Orgs, and the call for it to maintain respect for the sovereignty of its member states
The stock-piles of armaments which have been built people in various countries must be reduced by parties concerned
Disarmament
“True and lasting peace among nations cannot consist in the possession of an equal supply of armaments but only in ‘mutual trust’”
Call for Mutual Trust
