Transcript Justice and Truth

CHAPTER TEN
Respect for Justice
and Truth
Right-On Justice
If you tell the truth, you don’t
have to remember anything.
Justice is demanded in the
seventh, eighth, and tenth
commandments.
Understanding Justice
7th Commandment
Respect the property
of our neighbors
8th Commandment
Be upfront and truthful
with others
10th Commandment
Refrain from coveting
the goods of others
Understanding Justice
Commutative Justice
Individual
Distributive Justice
government authorities
Individual
Regulates relationships
and exchange
Seeks fair distribution of the goods
of creation that God intends for us
all to use and share
Legal Justice
Individuals
social whole
Governs what individuals
owe society as a whole
Individual
Social Justice
Gospel of Jesus Christ
structures of society
Applies the gospel message of Jesus
to the structures, systems, and laws of
society in order to protect the dignity
of persons and guarantee the rights
of individuals
Social Justice Doctrine
of the Church
Key Themes:
1. Profit cannot be the only norm and sole goal
of economic activity.
2. The economy exists to serve the people;
people do not exist to serve the economy.
3. Richer nations must work hard for
international solidarity.
4. We must imitate Jesus by having special love
for the poor.
Seventh Commandment
You shall not steal.
This commandment outlaws theft,
that is, taking someone else’s
property against his or her will.
Seventh Commandment calls for
respect for the property rights of
others.
Seventh Commandment
You shall not steal.
This commandment also requires
us to respect the beautiful
creation God gave us for the use
of all humans – past, present, and
future.
Seventh commandment outlaws
anything that leads to the
enslavement of people.
Tenth Commandment
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
This commandment deals with
the inner desires, the “lust of the
eyes” which is at the root of theft,
robbery, fraud, etc.
Tenth Commandment
You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods.
The Tenth Commandment outlaws:
Greed - desire to accumulate unlimited
goods
Avarice - the passionate desire for riches
and the power that comes with them
Envy - sadness over another person’s
possessions and the desire to get them for
oneself.
Eighth Commandment
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
Keep any promises you make, and be faithful
to the truth.
This commandment rejects the vices of:
Duplicity – being deceptive or
misleading
Dissimulation – hiding something by
pretense
Hypocrisy – the false claim or pretense
of having admirable principles, beliefs, or
feelings
Eighth
Commandment
Violations
False witness
and perjury
Perjury – false
witness
under oath
Encouraging
others to
do evil
Failing to respect
the reputation
of others
Rash judgment –
assumes without
adequate evidence
a moral fault
in another person
Detraction –
Revealing a person’s
fault
Calumny –
Lying about
others so
people will
make false
judgments
about them
Flattery –
paying someone
a compliment
to gain a favor
Boasting
and
Bragging
Irony
Adulation –
giving
excessive
admiration
to someone
Lying
Complaisance
– pleasing
others
so they can
carry out
your wishes
Violations Against the
Eighth Commandment
Seriousness of a lie:
1. The nature of the truth that is
distorted
2. The circumstances
3. The intentions of the one who lies
4. The harm suffered by the victims
of the lie
An Honest Society
Individuals must listen to the
truth, speak the truth, and live
the truth.
Citizens have the right to
information based on the truth,
freedom, and the virtues of
justice and solidarity.
An Honest Society
The media have a serious duty to
communicate information honestly.
Government officials have a serious
obligation to defend and safeguard the just
and free flow of information, to enact laws
that protect citizens’ rights to a good name
and privacy, and that public morality is not
assaulted by pornography, propaganda, and
other serious misuses of the media.
A society can do much to promote truth by
encouraging people to express themselves in
fine art.
Vocabulary
Commutative justice
Distributive justice
Legal justice
Social justice
Duplicity
Dissimulation
Hypocrisy
Perjury
Detraction
Calumny
Complaisance