1.What is the Catholic teaching regarding the requirement to maintaining peace?
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.

2.Why is it wrong to exclude people from participating in society?
It is wrong for a person or a group to be excluded unfairly or to be unable to participate in society

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

Economic Justice

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. 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.



2.What is a union?
A number of persons, states, etc., joined or associated together for some common purpose



3.What should people’s economic limitations be?
No one is allowed to amass excessive wealth when others lack the basic necessities of life.




4.Who are god’s gifts intended for?
The goods of the earth are gifts from God, and they are intended by God for the benefit of everyone.



5.What is one measure of our stewardship?
Donating clothes, money etc to charity. Looking after people and taking them into their house.

rights and responsibilites

1. What are every human’s fundamental rights?

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.

2. What is the role of the Government in maintaining human rights?

The state has a positive moral function. It is an instrument to promote human dignity, protect human rights, and build the common good.

3. Who is responsible for assisting the government to achieve its goals?

All people have a right and a responsibility to participate in political institutions so that government can achieve its proper goals.

Poor and common good

1. Give an example of a community that you are part of.

Stella Maris Sydney Girls College

2. How is this community both Sacred and Social?

It is sacred because it provides young girls with the education they need and it is social because there is over 400 girls that go to the school that you can talk to.

3. What is the major test of a moral society?

The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members.

4. In what way does our community look after the poor?

Doing charities, donating clothes and furnisher

Human Dignity

Social Justice
Social justice concerns itself with our responsibility to ensure that all people are given a “fair go”
Some issues that social justice aims to cover to are;

Poverty
Child labour
Refugees
Homelessness
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 sacred and the dignity of the human person is the starting point for a moral vision for society. This principal is grounded in the idea that the person is made in the image of god. The person is the clearest reflection of god among us.

Questions
1. List the 5 issues social justice aims to cover
2. In your own words explain what is meant by human dignity
3. What is meant by a moral vision for society
4. Which of the 5 social justice issues relates to human dignity

Answers

1.
Poverty
Child labour
Refugees
Homelessness
Hunger

2. is the respect you have for yourself and being free willed

3. people in society decide what is right and wrong