Promotion of Peace and Disarmament/ Participation/ Global Solidarity and Development

Promotion of Peace and Disarmament

Catholic teaching promotes peace as a positive, action-oriented concept. In the words of Pope John Paul II, "Peace is not just the absence of war. It involves mutual respect and confidence between peoples and nations. It involves collaboration and binding agreements.” There is a close relationship in Catholic teaching between peace and justice. Peace is the fruit of justice and is dependent upon right order among human beings.

Participation

All people have a right to participate in the economic, political, and cultural life of society. It is a fundamental demand of justice and a requirement for human dignity that all people be assured a minimum level of participation in the community. It is wrong for a person or a group to be excluded unfairly or to be unable to participate in society

Global Solidarity and Development

We are one human family. Our responsibilities to each other cross national, racial, economic and ideological differences. We are called to work globally for justice. Authentic development must be full human development. It must respect and promote personal, social, economic, and political rights, including the rights of nations and of peoples It must avoid the extremists of underdevelopment on the one hand, and "superdevelopment" on the other.

Questions
1. What is the Catholic teaching regarding the requirement to maintaining peace?
 Catholic teaching promotes peace as a positive, action-oriented concept.

2. Why is it wrong to exclude people from participating in society?
 Everyone s equal and everyone deserves to be included in a society. No matter what they look like, sound like, skin lour nothing everyone should be treated the same way.

3. What are our global responsibilities to each other?
 responsibilities to each other cross national, racial, economic and ideological differences.

Economic Justice/ Stewardship of God's Creation

Economic Justice

The economy must serve people, not the other way around. All workers have a right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, and to safe working conditions. They also have a fundamental right to organize and join unions. People have a right to economic initiative and private property, but these rights have limits. No one is allowed to amass excessive wealth when others lack the basic necessities of life.

Stewardship of God's Creation

The goods of the earth are gifts from God, and they are intended by God for the benefit of everyone. There is a "social mortgage" that guides our use of the world's goods, and we have a responsibility to care for these goods as stewards and trustees, not as mere consumers and users. How we treat the environment is a measure of our stewardship, a sign of our respect for the Creator.

Questions

1. What are the rights of the worker?
 All workers have a right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, and to safe working conditions.

2. What is a union?
 A union is the act of uniting 2 things.

3. What should peoples economic limitations be?
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4. Who are god’s gifts intended for?
 God’s gift is intended for everyone.

5. What is meant in this context by: Social Mortgage, Steward and Trustee?
 Social Mortgage, Steward and Trustee: in this text it means for us to use our planet wisely and we owe ourselves and everyone else to help look after our world

6. What is one measure of our stewardship?
 How we treat our environment is a measure of our stewardship and a sign of respect to the creator.

Rights and responsibility/ Role of Government

Rights and responsibility

Human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency – starting with food, shelter and clothing, employment, health care, and education. Corresponding to these rights are duties and responsibilities -- to one another, to our families, and to the larger society.

Role of Government

The state has a positive moral function. It is an instrument to promote human dignity, protect human rights, and build the common good. All people have a right and a responsibility to participate in political institutions so that government can achieve its proper goals.

Questions

Q1. What are every human’s fundamental rights?

 Food
 Shelter
 Clothing
 Employment
 Health care
 Education

Q2. What is the role of the Government in maintaining human rights?
 To promote human dignity
 Protect human rights
 Build the community

Q3. Who is responsible for assisting the government to achieve its goals?
 All people are have the right and a responsibility to participate in political institutions so that government can achieve its proper goals.

Common Good/ The Poor

Common Good and Community

The human person is both sacred and social. We realize our dignity and rights in relationship with others, in community. Human beings grow and achieve fulfilment in community. Human dignity can only be realized and protected in the context of relationships with the wider society.

Option for the poor

The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members. The poor have the most urgent moral claim on the conscience of the nation. We are called to look at public policy decisions in terms of how they affect the poor.

The option for the poor is an essential part of society's effort to achieve the common good. A healthy community can be achieved only if its members give special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society.

Questions

Q1. Give an example of a community that you are part of.
 I was a part of my old school community before I left the school. My school use to run fundraises and raises money of different charities.
Q2. How is this community both Sacred and Social?
 Social: it was social because it bought everyone at the school together and it was a good way to meet people at the school and get to now them
 Sacred: my school as special in the way that my school would help different charities in need of support.
Q3. What is the major test of a moral society?
 the major test of a moral society is to make sure the poor/ poorer people get help to put their lives back on track or to help them enough that they have food, water, clothes and a roof over there head. That is why the build shelter homes for them to stay in.
Q4. In what way does our community look after the poor
 Help them enough that they have food, water, clothes and a roof over there head. That is why the build shelter homes for them to stay in.

Human Dignity

Social Justice-Catholic Themes

Social justice concerns itself with our responsibility to ensure that all people are given a “fair go”

Some issues that justice aims to cover to are:
Poverty
Child labour
Refugees
Homeless
Hunger

Dignity of the human person

Belief in the inherent dignity of the human person is the foundation of all catholic social teaching. Human life is scared, and the dignity of the human person is the starting point for a moral vision for society. This principle is grounded in the idea that person is made in the image of god. The person is the clearest reflection of god among us.

Questions

Q1. List the 5 issues social justice aims to cover??
 Poverty
 Child labour
 Refugees
 Homeless
 Hunger
Social justice aims to fix these issues.

Q2. In your own words explain what is meant by human dignity?
 Human dignity is a person or your own self respect and to be valued as a human being. It is also the amount of pride you have in yourself.

Q3. What is meant by a moral vision for society?
 It means that a society now right from wrong and they have the choice to decide.

Q4. Which of the 5 social justice issues relates to human dignity?
 Refugees relate to human dignity in the way of being able to be put in refugee games and being treated like strangers.
 Child labour also because they are have not be able to get an education and become educated adult so they can’t learn how to make important decission.