Catholicism Chapter 3: Human Personality and Justice

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What is the primary focus of Social Justice according to the content?

Personal possessions and property

Technical conceptions of equality, otherness, and debt

The Common Good itself (correct)

Individual rights and duties

How is human dignity supported according to the content?

Through possession of things or property

Through possession of persons or love

Through possession of self in freedom and responsibility

Through all of the above, equally (correct)

What is the term used to describe Commutative Justice nowadays?

The social form of justice

The strictest form of justice (correct)

The most perfect form of justice

The narrowest form of justice

What is the virtue that directly regards the supports of human dignity?

Justice Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the three notions used to determine justice in pagan times?

Equality, otherness, and debt Signup and view all the answers

What is the highest support of human dignity according to the content?

Possession of self in freedom and responsibility Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe the organization of society for human perfection?

Social Justice Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of viewing justice in a more superficial way, as in pagan times?

Strange things, such as commutative justice being seen as the most perfect form Signup and view all the answers

What is considered the highest form of justice?

Social Justice Signup and view all the answers

Why are the obligations of Social Justice considered more weighty?

Because they are harder to understand, making invincible ignorance more likely Signup and view all the answers

What is the current understanding of social justice obligations?

They are unclear and require further research Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of understanding the Common Good?

It is a fundamental aspect of Social Justice Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of not meeting the obligations of Social Justice?

It is a serious moral failure with weighty consequences Signup and view all the answers

What is the implication of recognizing the obligations of Social Justice?

A profound readjustment of our appreciation of the nature and extent of our duties and obligations Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary basis of Pope Pius XI's theory of justice in the individual order?

The dignity of the human personality Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of 'props' or supports of human dignity according to Pope Pius XI?

To realize the dignity of the human personality Signup and view all the answers

What is the relationship between the human community and the perfections of God according to Pope Pius XI?

The human community is a reflection of God's perfections Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary object of justice according to Pope Pius XI's theory?

The 'props' or supports of human dignity Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason for loving society according to Pope Pius XI's theory?

Because it is a reflection of God's perfections Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary distinction between charity and justice according to Pope Pius XI's theory?

Charity is about loving the human personality, while justice is about loving the 'props' of human dignity Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary reason why natural gifts have a value surpassing the immediate interests of the moment?

Because they are reflections of divine perfections Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary object of love in the context of social charity?

The union of individuals in society Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

The Dignity of the Human Personality

Pope Pius XI's theory of justice is based on the dignity of the human personality, which is an Image of God and mirrors forth Divine Perfections.
Charity regulates our actions towards the human personality, while justice regulates the "props" or supports of human dignity, including property, relatives, friends, freedom, and responsibility.

The Human Personality

The human personality needs certain supports for the realization of its dignity.
To attack a human person in their personality itself is a failure against charity, while to attack them by undermining their dignity is a failure against justice.

The human community, as a whole, shows forth the perfections of God in ways that are not open to individuals.
Society affords opportunities for the development of individual and social gifts bestowed on human nature, which have a value surpassing immediate interests.
Society itself reveals the perfection of God in His creatures, making it worthy of love, including social charity.

Social Justice is the virtue that directly regards the supports of human dignity in the social order.
It requires that society be organized to be a vehicle for human perfection, directing towards the Common Good.
Social Justice is a more profound view of justice than the traditional one, which was built around technical conceptions of "equality, otherness, and debt."

Comparative Views of Justice

The traditional view of justice, built around "equality, otherness, and debt," is superficial compared to the view that links justice to the human personality.
Commutative justice, which deals with the possession of things or property, is the lowest form of justice and the strictest, not the most perfect form.
Social Justice, which regards the Common Good, is the highest form of justice.

The obligations of Social Justice are just as rigid and weighty as those of individual justice.
These obligations are often harder to understand, but the duty to meet them is both rigid and serious when understood and recognized.
Much work remains to be done to make the obligations of Social Justice as clear as those of individual justice.

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This quiz explores the theory of justice based on the dignity of the human personality, as explained by Pope Pius XI. It covers the relationship between charity and human personality, and its connection to the Divine Perfections.