Unit 1 Flashcards
Reign of God
Radical transformation
Present and future
Personal and social
Political and spiritual
Consumerism
Society’s constant demand to acquire goods that can lead to excess
Radical Transformation
Of human beings and human institutions to a form that expresses the character and nature of god
Character and nature of God
LOVE
Present and future
Jesus said reign of God had already started
Signs of ROG present in words and deeds of Jesus
Vision articulated by God
When people embrace a vision, they live it out
Personal and social
Human person needs society to develop in accord with nature
Human is never the means, but the end
Human is and ought to be subject of every social instution
Society ought to promote virtue not obstruct it
Virtue
Habitual good act and firm disposition to do good
Virtuous person pursues good and chooses it in concrete actions
Cardinal virtues
Play pivotal role
Others are group around them
The cardinal virtues are
Prudence
Justice
Temperance
Fortitude
Prudence
Disposes pratical reason to discern true good in every circumstance and to choose right means of acheiving it
“right reason in action”- Thomas Aquinas
Justice
Moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give due to God and neighbor
Mean between selfishness and selflessness
Between having more and having less than one’s fair share
Fortitude
- Moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good
- strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life
- serves the higher virtues of prudence and justice
- allows us to overcome fear and remain steady in our will in the face of obstacles
Temperance
- Moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods
- the temperate person directs the sensitive appetites toward what is good and mantains a healthy discreation
- self restraint
Spiritual and Political
-we are called to live out God’s kingdom in the midst of the old
Catholic Social Teachings
Body of doctrine developed by the Catholic Church on matters of social justice, involving issues of poverty and wealth, economics, social organization and the role of the state
Humans are…
Communal and social
In our relationship with God we experience the conversion of heart that is necessary to truly love one another as God has loved us
What is a principle
- Guiding sense of the requirements and obligations of right conduct
- determing characteristic of someone
- an essential quality
Effects of principles
- Once internalized they lead to something
- they prompt action, impel motion, and direct choices
Principled person
- Always has a place to stand, knows where they are coming from and likely to end up
- principles lead the person who possesses them somewhere, for some purpose, to do something, or choose not to do something
Human dignity
Every person regardless of anything is worthy of respect
Respect for human life
- Human life at every stage of development and decline is precious and therefore worthy of protection and respect
- it is always wrong to directly attack human life
- Catholic tradition sees the sacredness of human life as part of any moral vision for a just and good society
Principle of association
- center piece of society is family
- family stability must always be protected and never undermined
- by association with others- in families and in other social institutions thst foster growth, protect dignity and promote the common good- human persons acheive their fulfillment
Principle of Participation
- people have right not to be shut out from participating in those institutions that are necessary for human fulfillment
- applies in a special way to conditions associated with work
Principle of preferrential protection for poor and vulnerable
- common good requires it
- opposite of rich and powerful is poor and powerless
- if the good of all is to prevail, preferrential protection must move toward those affected adversely by the absence of power and the presence of privation
- otherwise the balance needed to keep society in one piece will be broken to the detriment of the whole
Principle of solidarity
Functions as a moral category that leads to choices that will promote and protect the common good
Principle of stewardship
- steward is manager, not an owner
- in an era of rising consciousness about our physical environment, our tradition is calling us to a sense of moral responsibility for the protection of the environment
- stewardship responsibilities look toward our use of our personal talents, our attention to personal health and our use of private property
Principle of subsidarity
- puts a proper limit on government by insisting that no higher level of organization should perform any function than can be handled efficiently and effectively at a lower level of organization by human persons who, individually or in groups, are closer to the problems and closer to the ground
- oppressive governments are always in violation of this principle
Principle of human equality
- Treating equals equally is defining justice
- rendering each person his/her due
- underlying the notion of equality is the simple principle of fairness
Principle of common good
-social conditions that allow people to reach their full human potential and to realize their human dignity
promote just development of the human family across regional and national lines
-proper communitarian concern is the antidote to unbridled individualism, which, like unrestrained selfishness in personal relations, can destroy balance, harmony and peace within and among groups, neighborhoods, regions and nations
Crecenda
Things to be believed
Agenda
Things to be done
