PC Quiz 1 Flashcards
All basic human rights are:
Universal; present in each person
Inviolable; must not be assaulted or violated because they come directly from God
Inalienable; cannot be taken away
“Rights and responsibilities”
Every person has individual human rights but correspondingly has responsibilities toward society and oneself
Fundamental human rights
Right to Life, moral and cultural rights, right to worship God, Right to choose freely one’s state of life, economic rights, rights of meeting and association, right to immigrate and emigrate, political rights
Essential to all human rights is…
The right to religious freedom
Civil society
Sum of relationships and resources independent from the political sphere and economic sector
Subsidiarity
The promotion of justice and common good is best achieved at the most immediate level
Original cell of life, lowest social level
The family
The principle of subsidiarity protects people from…
Abuses by higher-level social authority
It is also a grave evil to…
Assign to a greater and higher association what lesser and subordinate organizations can do
Under the principle of subsidiarity, people should…
Work to take responsibility to provide for their own welfare
Legitimate Authority
Authority must be guided by moral law.
Authority must recognize, respect, and promote essential human rights.
Authority must enact just laws.
All authority is ultimately from…
God
Civil allegiance
Duty of respect and obedience owed by every person to the state of which he is a member
You must be obedient to all authority. This duty is only binding when…
The authority is legitimate
Divine Law
Is sourced in the trinity, it can be natural or revealed
Natural Law
Known by human reason; Natural knowledge
Revealed law is found in the ancient law and law of the gospel. It is the teachings of Christ, notably the sermon on the mount
Civil law
Law of the government
Ecclesiastical law
Laws and regulations of the Church
Church: spiritual, temporal: government
Duty of the church is to meet spiritual needs of the people. Government exists to manage temporal affairs
What form of government does the Church support
The church does not promote a singular form of government, it promotes political communities that call for the involvement/ participation of citizens
Representatives are…
Passive agents of electors. They have the freedom and should use it to serve common good
Charity =
Love; to will the good of another
Essential to preventing corruptions is…
Preventing excess bureaucratization where institutions become so complex they lose effectiveness
Truth is…
Independent of one’s opinions or emotions
Conscience…
Makes you aware of what is right vs. wrong
Conscience has rights because it has duties
We are answerable for what we choose to believe
Resistance to authority can be legitimate if:
1) there is a grave violation of fundamental rights
2) other means of redress are exhausted
3) resistance will not provoke worse disorders
4) there is well founded hope of success
5) no better solution
As a catholic you are called to be…
An active participant in society
Politicians must remember…
A well formed Christian conscience does not permit them to vote for a program that contradicts human rights
Preferential option for the poor
CST, calls us to treat the poor in a special way
Poverty of the soul
Hopeless about life; psychological ilness
Poverty of addiction
People who seek things to fulfill a desire for lasting joy eventually finding themselves unfulfilled
Poverty of spirit
Good - connected with first beatitude, dependence on god for all needs
