Fundamental Values of Social life

1) Truth uprightness in human action and speech 2) Freedom a responsibility for growth & maturity in truth & goodness 3) Justice - as the prerequisite of charity 4) Love-Golden rule of Jesus the Christ

Offenses against Truth

a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) Perjury Rash judgment Detraction Calumny Flattery Boasting Irony Lie

Biblical Context of Justice

a) Religious-theocentric justice is indissolubly linked with religion b) Inter-personal Communitarian justice is responsibility towards the neighbors welfare and a life lived with the commandments of God. c) Juridico-legal law and juridical order are expressions of Gods will.

Commandments of the Catholic Church

1) Honor the Lords day 2) Receive Communion 3) Confess 4) Fast & Abstain 5) Contribute 6) Observe Laws on Marriage

Dimensions of Religioustheocentric justice

2) Deuteronomic Code the year of the Lords mercy / proclamation of Sabbatical year ( Dt. 15:4 ) 1) Code of the Covenant Gods loving concern for the needy, oppressed & marginalized ( Ex. 12:21-28 ) 3) Code of Holiness summary of Gods commandment love of God, neighbors as yourself ( Lev.19:1-18 )

Gods Justice demands:

a) Concerns for the Poor b) Protection of widows and orphans (defenseless) c) Protection of strangers d) Respect for wage earners e) Concern for the condition of servants and slaves f) Prohibition of lending interest g) Prohibition of giving bribes to judges and other officials

Real Essence of Justice

2) Social Good Theory - doing what is useful for society / common good is an obligation in charity

1) Positive Law Theory - Justice as conformity to the law, & simple legality

3) Natural Right Theory - human right is the ultimate basis of justice, an obligation of gratitude, obedience, respect of persons and even friendliness and worship of God.

Forms of Justice
a) Commutative justice - is based on the relationship of equal partners to one another, regulation of contracts. ( good & services, just wage, working conditions, and work benefits ) c) Legislative justice - obliges members of a community to comply with the demands of common good. b) Distributive justice - based on relations of a social body to its members, proportional equality on the needs, capabilities & merits.

d) Social justice
- demands that different social groups receive proportionate share in the economic wealth by equitable distribution.

On Human Work
HUMAN WORK
Any serious and purposeful activity that uses one's corporal and/or spiritual powers

JUST WAGE
It is the wage that is enough to sustain a person's needs and the needs of those under his/her care.

Characteristics of Human Work

1) Personal
2) Necessary

3) Way of Self development

4) Way of Shaping and Mastering the earth

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6) Social

5) Service

7) In Union with Christ

Duties of Worker
a) Duty to Work b) Duty to Prepare

c) Duty to practice the Best

Conditions of Permissible Strike

a) Objective is morally acceptable

c) No other peaceful means left

b) Proportionate means

THE STC, STATE AND POLITICS

The State is both socio-theological (its authority originates from God) and socio-political (it is the highest social form of a people grounded in natural law, serving the perfection of its earthly well-being, and resting on might and right).

Functions of the State

a) Ordering function
( the state establishes and protects the legal/external order ).

b) Welfare function
( the state promotes the general economic, sanitary, ecological, cultural, moral, and spiritual welfare of the citizens ).

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a) Personal Authority
superiority of a person in terms of intellectual capacity, professional and technical skill, higher degree of moral and spiritual life

Authority
Latin verb auctoritas and augere which means to increase or to enrich. It is therefore a power or institution meant for the enrichment and promotion of those over whom it is exercised (for common good).

b) Official or Social Authority

based on the will of society which is often manifested through election

Duties of Citizen towards the State

a) Love of ones country

b) Civic Responsibility and Participation

c) Vigilance for the sake of the State