CORE1010 Lecture 8: Theology lecture 8
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Recall: identify the nature of catholic social teaching. Interpretation: demonstrate familiarity with the key principles and foundations of catholic social teaching. Problem solving: apply catholic social teaching to specific social challenges today. Materialism: begins with the good of the economy (capitalism) or the good of the state (socialism). Catholi(cid:272) o(cid:272)ial tea(cid:272)hi(cid:374)g: (cid:862)the (cid:271)egi(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, the su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d the goal of all so(cid:272)ial i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s is and must be the human person" (gaudium et spes, n25) Catholic social teaching addresses the dignity of human persons. It is a moral theology of our world, applying the message of jesus to our concrete social situations today (sollicitudo. Commutative justice: fairness in all agreements and exchanges between persons, whether they are individuals or social groups. The basic dignity of all people must be respected in all human relations. Distributive justice: resources distributed according to needs of people (not only according to their capacity to produce)
