Exploring Catholic Social Teaching
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High School Chapter: Different Types of Justice<br />
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Handout A<br />
Focus and Reflection Questions<br />
1 What is the foundation of justice?<br />
2 What do we owe each person in order to have a just society?<br />
3 What is the Golden Rule? Where can we find it in Scripture?<br />
4 What are the four basic expressions of justice that the Church identifies?<br />
5 What makes up distributive justice? Explain two key principles.<br />
6 How do citizens uphold legal justice?<br />
7 When is it morally permissible, and even necessary, to break a law?<br />
8 What does commutative justice regulate? Whom does it involve?<br />
9 What is the difference between a covenant and a contract, and how do both reflect commutative<br />
justice?<br />
10 What is social justice? Why is social justice incompatible with socialism?<br />
11 Why is supporting those in need not a matter of charity but of justice?<br />
12 What injustices did St. Martin de Porres experience in his family life? In the Dominican community?<br />
What lessons can we learn from his response?<br />
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