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1 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 7 th Commandment 8th Commandment Respect the property of our neighbors Be upfront and truthful with others 10th Commandment Refrain from coveting the goods of others 1

2 Understanding Justice Commutative Justice Distributive Justice Regulates relationships and exchange government authorities Seeks fair distribution of the goods of creation that God intends for us all to use and share Legal Justice Social Justice s social whole Gospel of Jesus Christ structures of society Applies the gospel message of Jesus Governs what individuals to the structures, systems, and laws of owe society as a whole 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. 2

3 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. 3

4 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 Violations Against the Eighth Commandment Violations False witness and perjury Failing to respect the reputation of others Encouraging others to do evil Boasting and Bragging Irony Lying Detraction Revealing a person s Calumny fault and failing Adulation Complaisance Lying about Rash judgment to someone who pleasing Perjury false assumes without others so Flattery giving did not paying someone others witness adequate evidence people will a moral fault previously know a compliment excessive under oath in another person about them and make false so they can to gain a favor admiration who had no judgments carry out to someone need or right about them your wishes to know about them Violations Against the 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 4

5 An Honest Society! s 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 5

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