Vol. XXXVIII / 1 - Studia Moralia

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ordinary daily living are able to commit acts of injustice in the
name of justice.
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STEPHEN T. REHRAUER, C.SS.R.
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Summary / Resumen
Moral theologians and pastoral ministers regularly encounter the
puzzling reality that good people sometimes carry out or participate in
acts of grave injustice. At times they even do so in the name of justice.
This article, the first of a series on the theme, begins an exploration of
the ambiguous nature of questions of justice and injustice. Because
justice issues are often clarified by the experience of injustice, the
author offers a defense for a particular methodological choice in
philosophy, theology and psychology. Recent empirical evidence
relating to the justice-injustice theme is examined, and three major
areas are examined: the effect (or lack thereof) which thinking about
justice has upon subsequent behavior; the different and often
contradictory principles which people use in decisions about justice;
and gender differences as they effect moral development in the
conceptualization and application of the principles of justice. These
data are challenging for both moral theologians and psychologists and
need a theoretical framework if they are to be well integrated. The article
concludes by highlighting possible areas of mutual learning between
theologians and psychologists as they seek to meet the challenge of the
reality of people doing injustice in the name of justice.
Los teólogos de la moral y los ministros de la pastoral encuentran
una realidad enigmática: muchas veces las personas buenas realizan o
participan habitualmente en actos de grave injusticia. A veces lo
justifican en nombre de la justicia. Este artículo, el primero de una
serie sobre el tema, comienza explorando la ambigüedad de las
cuestiones sobre justicia e injusticia. Como los problemas de la justicia
se ponen de relieve frecuentemente por la experiencia de injusticia, el
autor ofrece una defensa para esta opción metodológica particular en