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Dignity of the human person and his inalienable rights

Making the Gospel responsive to the challenges of the time

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JUDGESEE

ACT

There are three stages which should normally be followed in the reduction of social principles into practice. . . expressed in the three terms: see, judge, act.

Mater et Magistra, 263

METHOD :

SEE Seeing, hearing, and experiencing the lived reality of

individuals and communities

SEE

What are the causes of the situation?

What are the consequences?

What are the people’s reactions, motives and mentalities?

JUDGE

Social Analysis

Theological Reflection

This involves the evaluation of the facts we have gathered in the light of the Scriptures and the teachings of the Church

JUDGE

Is what is happening consistent with Christian and human values?

Is it contributing to God's plan to build His Kingdom of love, peace and justice?

Are they, human, truly Christian?

ACTPlanning and carrying out

actions aimed at transforming the social

structures that contribute to suffering and injustice

ACTWhat active response am I to make?

Is my action educative for me, and for others?

Did I change the situation and the way people think?

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HUMAN DIGNITY

Human persons are willed by God; they are imprinted with God's image. Their dignity does not come from the work they do, but from the

persons they are.

Centessimus Annus, 11

OBJECTIVES

HAVING vs. Being

• Measured by what I have• Attitude is to accumulate or

possess• Everything is based on utility• Believes in the gospel of

secularism

Having vs. BEING

• Characterized by who I am

• Attitude is to develop one’s potentials

• Everything is based on self-actualization

• Professes the gospel of the Kingdom

The natural worth of a person as a creature formed in the image and

likeness of God

The dignity of the human person is inviolable and inalienable…

Human Dignity

The basic truth about the person

• Created by God out of love• Created in the image and likeness of God• Gifted with freedom• Redeemed by Christ

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HUMAN RIGHTSA well-ordered human society requires that

men recognize and observe their mutual rights and duties. It also demands that each

contribute generously to the establishment of a civic order in which rights and duties are

more sincerely and effectively acknowledged and fulfilled.

Pacem in Terris, 29

OBJECTIVES

Moral claims by a person to some good of the

physical or spiritual order which is necessary for

proper human development and dignity

Human Rights

These are moral claims that we can make on others based on our

human dignity.

Human Rights

• Protect the person’s true value as a subject, not an object

• Guarantee that the person will not be impeded in seeking his or her goal

Human Rights

Where can I find these?

1. Pacem in Terris n. 8-27

2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

3. Bill of Rights (Article III of the Philippine

Constitution)

What is the distinction?

RIGHTS PRIVILEGES

I need these to live I want these to live comfortably

A child has the right to study in De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

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DIGNITY OF HUMAN WORK

Work remains a good thing, not only because it is useful and enjoyable, but also because it

expresses and increases the worker's dignity. Through work we not only transform the world,

we are transformed ourselves, becoming "more a human being."

Laborem Exercens, #9

OBJECTIVES

The basic truth is . . .

The person has DIGNITY!

created by God in his own image

to live life to the full

Human Work

This results in. . .

RATIONALITYCREATIVITY

Purposeful actions Abilities and capacities

Again. . .

The person as IMAGE OF GOD

RATIONALITYcapacity for self- determination

CREATIVITYmake something

for something

Person uses his creativity

Product goes back to the workersPerson is able to express his uniqueness and freedom

Other people share their abilities and capacities

Person uses his creativity

Product goes back to the workersPerson is able to satisfy his needs and others’ needs too

Person is fulfilled!

Other people share their abilities and capacities

fulfilled!

Human Work

“work for”

“work with”

a vision of becoming a certain kind of individual(one’s expression of his or her self-actualization)

other people for the attainment of the common good (mutual satisfaction of their needs)

Human Work

“work for”

“work with”

SELF-FULFILLMENT

PARTICIPATION in the COMMON GOOD

BUSINESS OWNER

Person is alienated!

Subjective

Objective

Work has two dimensions Labor has priority over capital..

Objective dimension

The instruments of work

The fruit of one’s work

How does the product of work express the

person’s uniqueness?

The person as the basis or subject of work

“does he experience a certain level of fulfillment in working?”

What happens to the person working?

Subjective dimension

Subjective Objective

Externalization or objectification of the person’s nature (his capacities and abilities)

Other people admire this painting

Their need for aesthetics has been satisfied

Da Vinci is affirmed because his creativity has been recognized

He is an artist (functional)

Subjective

Objective

2 Dimensions of Work

“BEING”

“HAVING”

You cannot “be” unless you first “have.”

What is your basis?

The value of work is not measured on the kind of work, but on the person

who does the work

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PREFERENTIAL OPTION FOR THE POOR

In teaching us charity, the Gospel instructs us in the preferential respect due to the poor and the special situation they have in society: the more

fortunate should renounce some of their rights so as to place their goods more generously at the

service of others.

Octogesima Adveniens, 23

OBJECTIVES

POVERTY

Absolute poverty

primary basic needs such as food, clothing, home, health, are not met

Relative poverty

involves how national income is distributed among the levels of society

3 % are the wealthy and usually have the power

17 % are the middle class who can meet more than their needs (relatively rich)

40 % have just enough and so they can meet their basic needs though they are always in danger of suffering from absolute poverty if a disaster strikes them

40 % suffer from absolute poverty and cannot maintain a proper life and have little chance to be freed from this condition

Who are the poor?

Economically,

they are those who have insufficient resources to live a decent life

Who are the poor?

Politically,

they are those who are victims of social structures

Who are the poor?

Culturally,

they are those who are marginalized because of their status, race, sex, age, or religion

Jesus tells us . . .

“The spirit of the Lord has been given to me. He has sent me to bring the good news to the poor, to proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set the downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of favor.”

Jesus commands us . . .

• Feed the hungry • Give drink to the thirsty• Clothe the naked• Shelter the homeless• Visit the sick• Visit the imprisoned• Bury the dead

Each Christian must make a

choice to lift up the poor and

disadvantaged in very real and

concrete ways!

to create conditions for marginalized voices to be heard, to defend the

defenseless, and to assess lifestyles,

policies and social institutions in terms of

their impact on the poor.

Preferential Option for the Poor

Why is it never optional?

Preferential Option for the Poor

The poor have a harder time experiencing humanization, so Christians must imitate

their Master who humanizes.

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SOLIDARITYSolidarity helps us to see the ‘other’ – whether a person, people of nation-not just some kind

of instrument, with a work capacity and physical strength to be exploited at low cost

and then discarded when no longer useful, but as our ‘neighbor’ a ‘helper’, to be made a

sharer, on par with ourselves, in the banquet of life to which all are equally invited by God”

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 39

OBJECTIVES

a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to

the common good

Solidarity

I have dignity, and so too do others

I need to help them be humanized

Solidarity

Social virtue

Moral virtue

Social virtue Person is a social being who can only grow in relation with others

uniting oneself with other people

Solidarity

Incarnation of compassion

solidarity with the oppressed

Solidarity

Moral virtue

Solidarity is improving one’s environment.

Solidarity is. . .Promoting justice

and peace.

Solidarity is. . .Providing opportunities for the

marginalized.

Solidarity is. . .Fighting for the

oppressed.

Solidarity is. . .Loving others as Christ

would.

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COMMON GOODIt is imperative that no one ... would indulge in a

merely individualistic morality. The best way to fulfill one's obligations of justice and love is to

contribute to the common good according to one's means and the needs of others, and also

to promote and help public and private organizations devoted to bettering the conditions

of life.

Gaudium et Spes, 30

OBJECTIVES

embraces the sum total of all those conditions of social life which enable

individuals, families, and organizations to achieve complete and effective

fulfillment Mater et Magistra, #74

Common Good

SELF-ACTUALIZATION

I have dignity

so too do others

INDIVIDUALISM COLLECTIVISM

Common Good

balances

neglects other people

neglects the individual

Shared dignity

“I have dignity, and so too do others.”

Common Good

A means that can lead to one’s perfection

An opportunity to be self-actualized

Common Good

Everybody must have an opportunity to actualize himself or herself

Common Good

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AUTHENTIC HUMAN

DEVELOPMENTIndividual initiative alone and the mere free play of

competition could never assure successful development. One must avoid the risk of

increasing still more the wealth of the rich and the dominion of the strong, whilst leaving the poor in

their misery and adding to the servitude of the oppressed.

On the Development of Peoples, 33

OBJECTIVES

Development

Moving towards something

People have been given the task of developing themselves

fully

Tribal

Agricultural

Industrial

People utilize their environment to satisfy their needs

But only a few get to have, many have not.

Tribal Agricultural Industrial

Industrial Revolution

But why has the problem of the gap between the rich and

the poor worsened?

DevelopmentECONOMIC?

Only a few people “HAVE”

But do they actually reach “BEING”?

Example: CONSUMERISM

DevelopmentECONOMIC?

+ Values

Development

Gives a certain order or purpose

common goodAn abundance of opportunities for

everyone

+ Values

Development

“For every person’s success, others too must progress.”

DevelopmentAUTHENTIC HUMAN

Geared towards the cultivation and

enhancement of the full human potentials

DevelopmentAUTHENTIC HUMAN

Must include political, social and cultural development and

should promote the good of all persons

DevelopmentAUTHENTIC HUMANDevelopment with a human

face

Authentic Human Development asks…

• What does the economy do for people?• What does it do to the people?• How do people participate in it?

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UNIVERSAL DESTINATION

OF GOODSThe right to private property is subordinated to the right to common use, to the fact that goods

are meant for everyone.

Laborem Exercens, 14

OBJECTIVES

entails obligations on how goods are to be used by their legitimate owners.

Individual persons may not use their resources without considering the effects that this use will have, rather they must

act in a way that benefits no only themselves and their family but also the

common good.

“Being”

“Having”

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X

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Creation is a gift from God entrusted to people. As such, people should respect this gift

and utilize it in the most efficient and effective way possible.

“Being”

“Having”

“Being”

“Being”

“Being”

The goods of the earth are for the use of everyone in order to satisfy their inalienable rights consonant with the dignity of

each person

Self-actualization

Right to private property

COMMON GOOD

Right to private property

UNIVERSAL DESTINATION OF GOODS

Right to private property Right to private property

Humanity should seek to maximize the benefit of the earth’s goods and resources so that the maximum number of

people can benefit from the output.

If people are denied the goods of the earth. . . . . .

. . . How can they live in the dignity accorded to them by their Maker?

. . . Will this not go to another who has enough?

. . . Where does they get the soil to till?

. . . How can they eat, and feed and clothe and shelter their family?

. . . How can they share the goods of the earth?

. . . How can they contribute in shaping the life of their community?

. . . How can they shape their own destiny?

. . . How can they feel the goodness of life?

. . . How can they know the goodness of man?

. . . How can they dream of eternity?

. . . How can YOU tell them of God when they does not see God in you…

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SUBSIDIARITY

"A community of a higher order should not interfere with the life of a community of a lower

order, taking over its functions." In case of need it should, rather, support the smaller community and help to coordinate its activity with activities

in the rest of society for the sake of the common good.

Centessimus Annus, 48

OBJECTIVES

Subsidiarity

This principle seeks to establish and maintain a balance between individual initiativeand governmental assistance and direction.

The state should intervene only when lesser bodies cannot

fulfil a given task required by the common good

Subsidiarity

calls on "a community of a higher order to not interfere with the life of a community of a lower

order, taking over its functions"

CA, 48

Negative form Help is withheld

Subsidiarity

Subsidiarity

those on top should avoid imposing actions to those below to promote autonomy and initiative

to make the latter more creative and responsible stakeholders for the common good

Negative form Help is withheld

Subsidiarity

only justified if it is essential to “support the smaller community and help to coordinate its activity with activities in the rest of society for

the sake of the common good”

CA, 48

Positive form Help is given

Subsidiarity

only in cases where those below cannot carry out the abovementioned should those on top intervene for the sake of the common good

Positive form Help is given

what can be done at the lowest level

the ones at the top must not interfere in

Subsidiarity

enhancement of person’s capacity for self-determination

recognition of the person’s autonomy

choice of the kind of life he or she wants to live

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STEWARDSHIP

Material goods and the way we are developing the use of them should be seen

as God's gifts to us. They are meant to bring out in each one of us the image of God. We must never lose sight of how we have been

created: from the earth and from the breath of God.

On Social Concern, 29

OBJECTIVES

The whole of creation is for humanity, who has a duty to care for

it

People have the responsibility to

develop and perfect it by intelligent effort for

their use

describes the full extent of the greenhouse effect

results in extreme weather events like droughts, flood, cyclones and frosts

Climate Change

Climate Change and peoplemain culprits? Industrialized countries

releasing greenhouse gases

Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack resources to adapt to climate change

1. Lack of technologies to slow down or to adapt to climate change

irrigation during droughtsflood control and rescue operations during heavy rains

Climate Change and people

Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack resources to adapt to climate change

2. Relocation for residents in flood-prone areas

Climate Change and people

Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack resources to adapt to climate change

3. Acquisition and construction of clean and renewable sources of energy

solar-powered panelswind-generated turbineshydro-electric plants

Climate Change and people

Poor countries mired in debt and poverty lack resources to adapt to climate change 4. Lack of funds for research and medicine to

counter the diseases associated with climate change

Climate Change and people

Respect for the order in nature

Realization that:

nature cannot be used with impunity

natural resources are limited, some not renewable

Universal Destination of

Goods

Stewardship

generosity responsibility

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JUSTICE

Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us

as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church's mission for the redemption of the human race

and its liberation from every oppressive situation.

Justice in the World, 6

OBJECTIVES

The Jubilee Year Celebrated every 50 years Demands:

a) Freedom of slavesb) Return of the

land/propertyc) Cancellation of debtsd) Rest of land

Matt 20:1-16

Was the owner unfair to his laborers?

Is Jubilee Year fair to the creditors?

Justice?

Old Testament

To practice grace and mercy toward those who have no power to secure it for themselves

Why practice Justice?

Old Testament

“You have all seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and

brought you to myself”

Why practice Justice?

Why practice Justice?

New Testament

As Christ has loved us, so should we love one another

Why practice Justice?

New Testament

“What you have done to the least of your brothers, you have done to me.”

Justice giving what is due to others

moral virtue that consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God and

neighbor.

CCC, 1807

“ius” = “right”

Justice giving what is due to others

Right to a MEANINGFUL life

Contributive

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Commutative

justice between two or more parties based on an agreement between

1. individuals

(laborer’s wage)

2. an individual and a group

(teacher to class)

3. two groups

(trade agreement)

Calls for fundamental fairness in all agreements and exchanges between individuals or private social groups

EJA, 69

justice of sharing that sees to the fair and equal distribution of the goods of creation so that human needs are met

(welfare programs, student loans, putting up a business)

Requires that the allocation of income, wealth, and power in society be evaluated in light of its effects on persons whose basic material needs are unmet .

EJA, 70

justice which regulates a citizen’s obligations to the larger society and government (common good)

(voting, paying taxes)

it stresses the duty of all who are capable to help create the goods, services and other nonmaterial or spiritual values necessary for the welfare of the whole community.

JW, 71

justice which applies the gospel to the structures, systems, and laws of a society so that people’s rights are guaranteed

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Commutative

Implies that persons have an obligation to be active and productive participants in the life of society and that society has a duty to enable them to participate in this way.

EJA,71

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SOCIAL SIN

“With greater or lesser violence, with greater or lesser harm, every sin has repercussions on the

entire ecclesial body and the whole human family.”

Reconciliatio et Paenitentia, 16

OBJECTIVES

personal sin social sin

structure

situationattitude

Begets other social problems

Social Sin Defined:

Situations or structures of society which cause or support evil, or

Social Sin Defined:

Situations or structures of society which cause us to fail to correct

evils and injustices when it is possible to do so.

Social Sin Defined:

Sum total of negative factors which prevent the attainment of the

common good

Structures which systematically oppress human

dignity and violate human rights, stifle human freedom and imposes gross inequality

between the rich and poor

Situations which promote and facilitate

greed and human selfishness

Attitude of persons who do not take

responsibility for evil being done or who

silently allow oppression and injustice

“The poverty and destitution of the great mass of our people are only too evident, contrasting sharply with the wealth and luxury of the relatively few families - the elite top of our social pyramid. “

PCP II, 24

Social Sin: some examples

• Colonialism

• Racism

• Sexism

• Trapo System

• Child Labor

• Pornography

• Migrants

• Oil Cartels

• Illegal Drugs

• Arms Race