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Justice &Charity
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LOVE / CHARITYFor he who does not love his brother whom he has
seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1 Jn 4:20)
Begin by explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as
in a one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
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Love of Neighbor in the S.S.Paradigm A
Old TestamentNew TestamentParadigm BLoveofGodf
Israelitesstrangers
LoveofGodfriendsneighbors
Begin by explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as
in a one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
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Love / CharityLove, not fear, must dominate the relationships
between individuals and between nations. It is principally a
characteristic of love that it draws men together in all sorts of
ways, sincerely united in te bonds of mind and matter; and this is
a union from which countless blessings can flow. (PT #29)
Begin by explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as
in a one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
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A Key to Catholic IdentityThe central message is simple: our
faith is profoundly social. We cannot be called truly Catholic
unless we hear and heed the Church's call to serve those in need
and work for justice and peace.
Communities of Salt and Light, U.S. Bishops, 1993
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Justice in the World, 1971 SynodAction on behalf of justice and
participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us
as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in
other words, of the Church's mission for the redemption of the
human race and its liberation from every oppressive situation.
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Forms of Justice Justice is rendering to each person or group of
people their own and due by right.attributive justiceproportional
justiceThe right to ones identity as a person including ones honor
and reputation, ones property and ones capabilities &
qualifications.It emphasis what a person may not own yet but is
entitled to receive by virtue of his/her
rights.CommulativeDistributive Legal or Legislative Social
CreationCreation is good. The goods of the earth are meant for
all.
Special sacredness, human dignity of the personWhatever does
violence to humans, does violence to God not just individuals, but
institutions, laws, systems, policies.Humans are given dominion
(not domination, but stewardship)This is the basis of idea of
co-creation.We are not owners but caretakers, stewards.
No dimension of human life lies beyond Gods care - engagement
with Gods handiwork is itself reverence for God.
CovenantExodus story - I will be your God and you will be my
people.God intervenes in history to maintain their freedom and
establish justice
The people were to be part of the covenant by directing their
lives toward God - eg. in their treatment of the poor
Community-- God dwelled in the community. This is a far cry from
the me and Jesus spirituality of today.
Our Biblical heritage is communalCf. Zulu saying, A person is a
person because of other people.Interdependence - We are not only
sacred; we are social.
The PoorWidows, orphans, aliens
Isaiah 58
Economic Justice for All: #38Central to the biblical
presentation of justice is that the justice of a community is
measured by its treatment of the powerless in society.
the least, the left out, the lonely
New Testament
Mt. 25
Lk 4:16
Lk 15:1-3Jesus associated with the outcasts of society.
Jn 10:1-18Jesus is the Good Shephard
Lk 6:20-26Beatitudes
1 Cor. 12:24-26If one member suffers, all suffer as one.
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IndividualIndividualCommutative
(Contractual)DistributiveContributiveSociety
Begin by explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as
in a one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
Begin by explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as
in a one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.Begin by explaining
Commutative Justice between individuals as in a one-to-one
contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.Begin by explaining
Commutative Justice between individuals as in a one-to-one
contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
CreationCreation is good. The goods of the earth are meant for
all.
Special sacredness, human dignity of the personWhatever does
violence to humans, does violence to God not just individuals, but
institutions, laws, systems, policies.Humans are given dominion
(not domination, but stewardship)This is the basis of idea of
co-creation.We are not owners but caretakers, stewards.
No dimension of human life lies beyond Gods care - engagement
with Gods handiwork is itself reverence for God.
CovenantExodus story - I will be your God and you will be my
people.God intervenes in history to maintain their freedom and
establish justice
The people were to be part of the covenant by directing their
lives toward God - eg. in their treatment of the poor
Community-- God dwelled in the community. This is a far cry from
the me and Jesus spirituality of today.
Our Biblical heritage is communalCf. Zulu saying, A person is a
person because of other people.Interdependence - We are not only
sacred; we are social.
The PoorWidows, orphans, aliens
Isaiah 58
Economic Justice for All: #38Central to the biblical
presentation of justice is that the justice of a community is
measured by its treatment of the powerless in society.
the least, the left out, the lonely
New Testament
Mt. 25
Lk 4:16
Lk 15:1-3Jesus associated with the outcasts of society.
Jn 10:1-18Jesus is the Good Shephard
Lk 6:20-26Beatitudes
1 Cor. 12:24-26If one member suffers, all suffer as one.Begin by
explaining Commutative Justice between individuals as in a
one-to-one contract.
Then introduce the concept of society Distributive and
Contributive Justice. Each involves the more complex and less
obvious set of relationships and structures that make up
society.
Distributive justice how the benefits and burdens of society are
distributed.Examples tax burdens, social security benefits, FHA
loans
Contributive justice our duty to contribute to the common
good.Examples voting, paying taxes, etc.
