Social Justice and Charity
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According to the passage, what is the primary focus of Social Justice?

  • Protecting the interests of employers
  • Promoting the Common Good (correct)
  • Distributing wealth and resources equally
  • Ensuring individual rights and freedoms

    • What is the relationship between Social Justice and commutative justice, according to the passage?

  • Social Justice and commutative justice are identical
  • Social Justice is a subset of commutative justice
  • Social Justice has its own set obligations, excluding commutative justice (correct)
  • Commutative justice is a prerequisite for Social Justice

    • What is the role of distributive justice in the context of Social Justice, according to the passage?

  • Distributive justice is in conflict with Social Justice
  • Distributive justice is the primary focus of Social Justice
  • Social Justice commands distributive justice to be observed for the Common Good (correct)
  • Distributive justice is excluded from the scope of Social Justice

    • What is the analogy used by the Holy Father to explain the importance of Social Justice?

    <p>A living organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of the Holy Father in the passage?

    <p>Silencing critics who misunderstand Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the individual and the social organism, according to the passage?

    <p>The individual is an integral part of the social organism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the Holy Father's statement about Social Justice having its own set obligations?

    <p>Social Justice is a unique and distinct virtue</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of Social Justice, according to the passage?

    <p>Promoting the Common Good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of Social Justice in the context of industry?

    <p>To organize the industry in a way that makes just wages possible</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between commutative justice and Social Justice in the context of wages?

    <p>Commutative justice demands just wages, while Social Justice ensures the business is organized to pay them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the scope of Social Justice, according to the Encyclical?

    <p>Applicable to all human society and social life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary means of implementing Social Justice, according to the text?

    <p>Through the power of institutions and organizations of men</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate principle of society, according to the Holy Father?

    <p>Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the Encyclical 'On Atheistic Communism' and Social Justice?

    <p>The Encyclical builds upon the teachings of Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of commutative justice, according to the text?

    <p>The relationships between capital and labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the distinction between commutative justice and Social Justice important, according to the text?

    <p>To understand the limitations of commutative justice in ensuring just wages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate principle of society according to the Holy Father?

    <p>Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Holy Father's stance on class warfare?

    <p>It is utterly condemned</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must penetrate all institutions according to the Holy Father?

    <p>Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of free competition and economic dictatorship?

    <p>They can never be a directive principle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is Social Justice essential in society?

    <p>It organizes for the Common Good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of a theory of Social Justice that makes it a mere 'intention for the Common Good'?

    <p>It must be practiced in daily life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Social Justice and Social Charity?

    <p>They are complementary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of public authority according to the Holy Father?

    <p>To defend and protect Social Charity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of the pamphlet according to the author?

    <p>To introduce a new aspect of the subject</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the title of the Encyclical that the document is referring to?

    <p>Quadragesimo Anno</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is emphasized in the pamphlet according to the author?

    <p>The neglected aspects of the truth</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of the Encyclical according to the passage?

    <p>The reconstruction of social order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is not denied in the pamphlet according to the author?

    <p>The individual nature of man</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many times is the term 'Social Justice' used in the Encyclical?

    <p>Ten times</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the pamphlet according to the author?

    <p>To attract attention to a neglected subject</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the context in which the term 'Social Justice' is used in the Encyclical?

    <p>The economic order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary obstacle to achieving Social Justice in an organized society?

    <p>Unjust social institutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of professional and inter-professional organizations in achieving Social Justice?

    <p>To facilitate charity and justice in social economic relations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate consequence of neglecting the social and individual nature of work?

    <p>Impossibility of evaluating work justly and paying accordingly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key to understanding Social Justice, according to the passage?

    <p>The role of institutions and organizations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Social Justice and human perfection, according to the passage?

    <p>Social Justice is a means to achieve human perfection</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of Social Justice, according to the passage?

    <p>To establish just social and economic relations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate principle of society according to the passage?

    <p>Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of free competition and economic dictatorship?

    <p>They cannot be ruled by Social Justice and Social Charity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of a theory of Social Justice that makes it a mere 'intention for the Common Good'?

    <p>It lacks penetration into practical order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Social Justice and Social Charity?

    <p>They are complementary</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of public authority according to the passage?

    <p>To protect and defend Social Charity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the Holy Father's stance on class warfare?

    <p>It is utterly condemned</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What must penetrate all institutions according to the passage?

    <p>Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the Holy Father's statement about Social Justice?

    <p>Social Justice must enter into the practical order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary object of Social Justice according to the traditional teaching?

    <p>Common Good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three elements of economic life mentioned in the passage?

    <p>Natural Resources, Technical Science, and Social Organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of education in controlling the second element of economic life?

    <p>It is a social organization that controls technical science</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the only fully controllable factor in economic life?

    <p>Social Organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of economic life according to the passage?

    <p>To advance people to a fuller and happier condition of life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the social organization of economic life?

    <p>It is the only fully controllable factor in economic life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between the social organization of economic life and the act of Social Justice?

    <p>The social organization of economic life is the act of Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the Holy Father's teaching on Social Justice?

    <p>It is a call to organize the social organization of economic life to achieve the Common Good</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main consequence of the evil referred to in the passage?

    <p>The ruin of the prosperity of nations and the putting in jeopardy of public order</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key characteristic of Social Justice in the context of wages and salaries?

    <p>It is managed through agreement of purposes and wills to offer suitable means of livelihood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between the two cases of Social Justice mentioned in the passage?

    <p>One is about good will and the other is about bad will</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the limitation of the concept of Social Justice that only considers 'good intention for the Common Good'?

    <p>It is not a sufficient condition for achieving Social Justice</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the significance of the phrase 'open and shut case' in the passage?

    <p>It refers to a situation where the solution is simple and straightforward</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of Social Justice in the context of wages and salaries?

    <p>To provide an opportunity for the greatest possible number to get work and obtain suitable means of livelihood</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between Social Justice and the Common Good?

    <p>Social Justice is a means of promoting the Common Good without regard for personal gain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the passage's emphasis on the management of wages and salaries?

    <p>That Social Justice requires cooperation and agreement among individuals and groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Social Justice and Charity

    • Social Charity should be the soul of social order, and public authority should protect and defend it.
    • The Holy Father rejects three alternatives to Social Justice: class warfare, free competition, and economic dictatorship.

    Rejection of Alternatives

    • Class warfare is utterly condemned as it is a direct negation of Social Justice and Social Charity.
    • Free competition and economic dictatorship are admitted to have utility, but they cannot be directive principles of society.

    Social Justice and the Common Good

    • Social Justice is the ultimate principle of society, and it must enter into the practical order to exist.
    • All institutions, both governmental and private, must be penetrated with Social Justice.
    • Social Justice demands from each individual what is necessary for the Common Good.

    Difference between Social Justice and Commutative Justice

    • Social Justice has its own set obligations, which are distinct from commutative justice.
    • Social Justice commands that distributive justice and other virtues be observed insofar as the Common Good needs it.

    The Common Good and Individuals

    • The social organism and the good of society as a unit cannot be cared for unless each individual member is supplied with what is necessary for the exercise of their social functions.
    • Social Justice ensures that each individual is given what is necessary for the exercise of their social functions.

    Two Levels of Justice

    • There are two levels of justice: commutative justice, which regulates the relationships of capital and labor, and Social Justice, which ensures the proper organization of the whole industry to make just wages possible.

    Social Justice and Economic Organization

    • Social Justice gives a direct and enforceable claim to have the business organized so that a just wage is possible.
    • Even when a business is in distress, it still owes just wages in commutative justice, but it may not be able to pay them.

    Scope of Social Justice

    • Social Justice goes beyond economic applications to encompass all human society and social life.
    • The power to make human society conform to the norms of Social Justice is vested in institutions, not in isolated individuals.

    Social Justice and the Common Good

    • Social Justice has the Common Good as its object.
    • It can command the observance of other virtues for the Common Good.

    Elements of Economic Life

    • The three elements of economic life are:
      • The wealth and resources of nature (fixed and stable, a gift from God).
      • Technical science (partly fixed, but can be controlled through education).
      • Social organization of economic life (fully controllable).

    Act of Social Justice

    • The act of Social Justice is the act of organizing.
    • The fully controllable factor is social organization, which influences the other two elements.

    Quadragesimo Anno

    • The Encyclical Quadragesimo Anno is a masterly treatise on the virtue of Social Justice.
    • The title of the Encyclical is "On the Reconstruction of Social Order".
    • The term "Social Justice" is used ten times in the Encyclical.

    Applications of Social Justice

    • Social Justice demands that wages and salaries be managed to offer the greatest possible number the opportunity of getting work and obtaining a suitable means of livelihood.
    • Social Justice is contrary to personal gain and disregard for the Common Good.

    Social Justice vs. Alternatives

    • The Holy Father refuses three alternatives to Social Justice as guides or norms of society:
      • Class warfare.
      • Free competition.
      • Economic dictatorship.

    Social Justice and Social Charity

    • Social Charity is the soul of the social order, and public authority ought to protect and defend it.
    • Social Justice must enter into the practical order before it can be said to exist.
    • Institutions must be penetrated with this justice.

    Organizations and Institutions

    • Organizations and institutions furnish the key to understanding Social Justice.
    • Without right organization, without good social groups, without just institutions, there is no Social Justice, and human life becomes impossible.

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