Part Three: Life in Christ › Section One of Part Three: Man’s Vocation - Life in the Spirit ›› CHAPTER 2: The Human Community ››› Article 3: Social Justice

› IN BRIEF

Questions and Answers

1967. How does society ensure social justice? (CCC 1928) Society ensures social justice by providing the conditions that allow associations or individuals to obtain what is their due.
1968. Why is respect for the human person needed in order to obtain social justice? (CCC 1929) Respect for the human person is needed to obtain social justice, because the person represents the ultimate end of society, which is ordered to him.
1969. Why must society recognize the rights of the human person? (CCC 1930) Society must recognize the rights of the human person, because they flow from his dignity as a creature and are prior to society.
1970. How does respect for the human person proceed practically? (CCC 1931) Respect for the human person proceeds practically by way of respect for the principle that everyone should look upon his neighbour as “another self”.
1971. Why is there equality among all men regarding their origin and end? (CCC 1934) There is equality among all men regarding their origin and end, because:
1. all men have the same nature and the same origin in God
2. all men are called to participate in the same divine beatitude.
1972. On what does the equality of men essentially rest? (CCC 1935) The equality of men rests essentially on their dignity as persons and the rights that flow from it.
1973. Why did God distribute His gifts unequally, according to St Catherine of Siena? (CCC 1937) According to St Catherine of Siena († 1380), God says that He distributed His gifts unequally so that one should need another.
1974. What is ‘human solidarity’? (CCC 1939) ‘Human solidarity’ is friendship or social charity.
1975. How is human solidarity manifested in the first place? (CCC 1940) Human solidarity is manifested in the first place by:
1. the distribution of goods
2. remuneration for work.
1976. Where does Christ show that solidarity goes beyond material goods? (CCC 1942) Christ shows that solidarity goes beyond material goods when He says: “Seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things shall be yours as well” (Mt 6).