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Exploring Justice: Truth & Virtue

Delve into the cardinal virtue of justice, its facets, the Social Justice Doctrine of the Church, & the gravity of covetousness. Understand the relevance of truth, responsibility, and art in upholding justice.

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Exploring Justice: Truth & Virtue

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  1. CHAPTER 10

  2. Chapter 10 Respect For Justice and Truth

  3. Understanding Justice

  4. The cardinal virtue of justice means to give to God and other people what is due to them by right. Justice is governed by three commandments: Seventh: “You shall not steal” Tenth: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods” Eighth: “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” Understanding Justice

  5. What is the common good? The “sum total of social conditions that allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily” (Gaudium et Spes, 26, quoted in CCC, 1906). Understanding Justice

  6. Four Categories of Justice • Commutative: Respects the equal human dignity of others involved in the exchange of goods, services, and even ideas. • Distributive: Seeks to ensure that all people have fair access to the goods of creation. • Legal: Governs what individuals owe a society as a whole. • Social: An overarching term that includes the other types of justice. Understanding Justice

  7. Understanding Justice

  8. Social Justice The form of justice that applies the Gospel message of Jesus Christ to the structures, systems, and laws of society in order to protect the dignity of persons and guarantee the rights of individuals. The Social Justice Doctrine of the Church

  9. The Social Justice Doctrine of the Church

  10. Seven Principles of Catholic Social Teaching • Life and Dignity of the Human Person • Call to Family, Community, and Participation • Rights and Responsibilities • Option for the Poor and Vulnerable • The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers • Solidarity • Care for God's Creation The Social Justice Doctrine of the Church

  11. Coveting outlaws the following: • Greed: Desire to accumulate unlimited goods. • Avarice: The passionate desire for riches and the power that comes from them. • Envy: Sadness over another person’s possessions and the inordinate desire to get the possessions for oneself, even using unjust means. The Allegory of AvariceJacopo Ligozzi  (1547-1627 The Seventh and Tenth Commandments

  12. What did Jesus say about wealth? The Seventh and Tenth Commandments

  13. Assignment Some have called covetousness the sin of all sins because desiring something for yourself that belongs to another could lead to the temptation of committing the other sins; theft, adultery, killing, lying. Do you agree that covetousness is the most serious sin? Support your answer with three examples.

  14. Vices against the Virtue of Truth Duplicity: being deceptive or misleading Simulation: hiding something by pretense Hypocrisy: false claim of having admirable principles, beliefs, or feelings James Tissot (1836-1902), “Curses Against the Pharisees The Eighth Commandment

  15. The gravityof a lie depends on four factors (CCC, 2484): 1. The nature of the truth that it distorts2. The circumstances3. The intentions of the one who lies4. The harm suffered by the victims of the lie The Eighth Commandment

  16. Sins against Eighth Commandment • False witness and perjury • Failing to respect the reputation of others • Encouraging others to do evil • Boasting and bragging • Irony The Eighth Commandment

  17. The sacramental seal refersto the secrecy priests are bound to keep regarding any sins confessed to them. It would be a serious offense for a priest-confessor to reveal in any way anything he heard in the confessional. The Eighth Commandment

  18. Responsibility of the News Media Citizens have the right to information based on truth, freedom, and the virtues of justice and solidarity. Because the media have a powerful role in forming public opinion, they have a duty to communicate relevant information honestly. The Eighth Commandment

  19. Responsibility of the Government Government officials must also defend and safeguard the just and free flow of information. They must protect the rights of citizens to their good names and to privacy. The Eighth Commandment

  20. Art Reflects Life and Truth “Through the profound emotional encounter with art we engage with Truth incarnated in a way that is below and beyond analysis and explication. This encounter with Truth is valid at the deepest level of our humanity, and when we participate in this a little corner of our darkness is enlightened.” Fr. Dwight Longnecker Hans III Jordaens, “Kunst- und Raritätenkabinett”, c. 1630 The Eighth Commandment

  21. Nine Steps for Living a Moral Life What it means to live in Christ

  22. References • http://www.ncregister.com/blog/longenecker • https://catholiccharitiescamden.org/principles-of-catholic-social-teaching/

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