Social Justice

SOCIAL
JUSTICE
WEEK 24 | DAY 1

11/23/16 - GOSPEL LK 21:12-19
JESUS SAID TO THE CROWD:
“THEY WILL SEIZE AND PERSECUTE YOU,
THEY WILL HAND YOU OVER TO THE SYNAGOGUES AND TO PRISONS,
AND THEY WILL HAVE YOU LED BEFORE KINGS AND GOVERNORS
BECAUSE OF MY NAME.
IT WILL LEAD TO YOUR GIVING TESTIMONY.
REMEMBER, YOU ARE NOT TO PREPARE YOUR DEFENSE BEFOREHAND,
FOR I MYSELF SHALL GIVE YOU A WISDOM IN SPEAKING
THAT ALL YOUR ADVERSARIES WILL BE POWERLESS TO RESIST OR REFUTE.
YOU WILL EVEN BE HANDED OVER BY PARENTS,
BROTHERS, RELATIVES, AND FRIENDS,
AND THEY WILL PUT SOME OF YOU TO DEATH.
YOU WILL BE HATED BY ALL BECAUSE OF MY NAME,
BUT NOT A HAIR ON YOUR HEAD WILL BE DESTROYED.
BY YOUR PERSEVERANCE YOU WILL SECURE YOUR LIVES.”

GIVE A WORD OR PHRASE THAT
YOUTHINK BEST DEFINES THE WORD
JUSTICE
WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE BOARD
A STUDENT WILL BE CALLED USING A RANDOM NAME GENERATOR

BASED FROM THE GIVEN
WORDS/PHRASES, THE CLASS WILL
GIVE THEIR DEFINITION OF JUSTICE.
JUSTICE IS __________________
A STUDENT WILL BE CALLED USING A RANDOM NAME GENERATOR

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JUSTICEis the CONSTANT AND FIRM WILL
to give human persons their due. It EMPOWERS
ALL human persons to RESPECT THE RIGHTS that
are inherent in every human person and
stipulated by society. It removes to obstacles to
peace. It REWARDS those who RESPECT HUMAN
DIGNITY and PUNISHES those who SABOTAGE
PEACE.
DEFINITION

Sets the fundamental
CRITERION FOR HARMONIOUS
HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS AND
SOCIAL ORDER.
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DEFINITION

LAYS THE FOUNDATION
for other essential social virtues, like
SOLIDARITY AND CHARITY.
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DEFINITION

WHICH OF THE 2 PICTURES DEFINE JUSTICE BEST?

EQUALITY = SAMENESS
JUSTICE BY GIVING EVERYONE
THE SAME THING.
IT CAN ONLY WORK IF EVERYONE
STARTS FROM THE SAME PLACE

EQUITY = FAIRNESS
GIVING PEOPLE ACCESS TO THE
SAME OPPORTUNITIES
OUR DIFFERENCES AND/OR
OUR HISTORY CAN CREATE BARRIERS
TO PARTICIPATION.
WE MUST INSURE EQUITY BEFORE
WE CAN ENJOY EQUALITY
“THIS IS JUSTICE”
– POLITICAL THEOLOGY

TYPES OF
COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE
DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
CONTRIBUTIVE/LEGAL JUSTICE
JUSTICE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
CST has identified four types of justice that cover different levels of
human relationships

Focuses on the OBLIGATION of one
person to another because of a SPECIFIC
RELATIONSHIP THEY ESTABLISH by reasons
of agreements, transactions, or
contracts.
Justice, in this regard, is achieved if and
when TWO PARTIES BOTH KEEP THEIR PART
of the AGREEMENT.
COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE

Governs the relationship between SOCIETY AND ITS
MEMBERS. This virtue demands that society, through
its government agencies and leaders, GIVE to
individual members WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY THEIRS.
The government should EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTE
benefits as well as burdens to every citizen through
the CREATION OF STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS to
deliver services like health, education, safety, good
infrastructure, etc., distribute the burdens relative to
the capacity of the people to contribute.

The Church encourages EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE in the
economic, political, and cultural life of society. It is the
DUTY of all citizens to CONTRIBUTE to the BETTERMENT of their
country. That is why this kind of justice is called
“CONTRIBUTIVE”
We all have the moral obligation to participate in socio-
political life. In turn, institutions, systems, and structures of
society must enable to protect the active participation of
all members of the community.
Also referred to as LEGAL JUSTICE – demands that all
citizens should COMPLY WITH ITS LAWS and activities.

This type has to do with the relationship
between SOCIETY AND ITS MEMBERS, but
includes INSTITUTIONS, SYSTEMS, AND
STRUCTURES OF SOCIETY.
It REQUIRES people to GET ORGANIZED
AND CREATE INSTITUTIONS or structures
that will ADDRESS SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
SOCIAL JUSTICE

The focus is on STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE that
CAUSES THE SUFFERING of the people.
In the actual exercise of social justice,
EVERYONE IS INVOLVED. Example, lawmakers
should pass bills that are meant to respond to
social needs. On the part of the citizens, they
can organize themselves and put significant
pressure on the lawmakers. In other words,
social justice calls FOE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO
REFORM OR CREATE SOCIAL STRUCTURES THAT
WILL EFFECTIVELY serve the common good.

TYPES OF
COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE
(Contractual) – proper exchange
equal distribution of wealth
participation in the society
JUSTICE
SOCIAL JUSTICE
address social problems

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OTHER DEFINITIONS:
Social justice is defined as "... promoting a just
society by challenging injustice and valuing
diversity." It exists when "all people share a
common humanity and therefore have a right
to equitable treatment, support for their human
rights, and a fair allocation of community
resources." (http://gjs.appstate.edu/social-
justice-and-human-rights/what-social-justice)

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OTHER DEFINITIONS:
The fair and proper administration of laws
conforming to the natural law that all persons,
irrespective of ethnic origin, gender,
possessions, race, religion, etc., are to be
treated equally and without prejudice.
(http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition
/social-justice.html)

For love implies an absolute demand for justice, namely a
recognition of the dignity and rights of one’s neighbor.
Justice attains its inner fullness only in love. Because
every person is truly a visible image of the invisible God
and a sibling of Christ, the Christian finds in every person
God himself and God’s absolute demand for justice and
love. “
ENCLYCLICALS ON JUSTICE
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(JUSTICIA IN MUNDO #34)

While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission
of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all
human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none
of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor
and for social justice: “Spiritual conversion, the intensity of
the love of God and neighbour, zeal for justice and peace,
the Gospel meaning of the poor and of poverty, are
required of everyone.”
ENCLYCLICALS ON JUSTICE
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EVANGELII GAUDIUM #201

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