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

1977. How does society ensure social justice? (CCC 1943) Society ensures social justice by providing the conditions that allow associations and individuals to obtain their due.
1978. How does respect for the human person consider one’s neighbour? (CCC 1944) Respect for the human person considers one’s neighbour as “another self”.
1979. What does the equality of men concern? (CCC 1945) The equality of men concerns:
1. their dignity as persons
2. the rights that flow from it.
1980. Why does God will the differences among persons? (CCC 1946) God wills the differences among persons so that they should need one another.
1981. Why should excessive social and economic inequalities be reduced? (CCC 1947) Excessive social and economic inequalities should be reduced because of the equal dignity of human persons.
1982. Why is solidarity an eminently Christian virtue? (CCC 1948) Solidarity is an eminently Christian virtue, because it practices the sharing of spiritual goods even more than material ones.