Responses to 101 Questions on Catholic Social Teaching

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Paulist Press, 2001 - 115 من الصفحات
Answers questions about the tradition of Catholic social teaching, arranged in categories as Ecclesiological issues, foundational themes, political life, economic life, international life and specific concerns.

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PREFACE
1
GENERAL BACKGROUND
3
ECCLESIOLOGICAL ISSUES
13
FOUNDATIONAL THEMES
23
POLITICAL LIFE
51
ECONOMIC LIFE
61
INTERNATIONAL LIFE
81
SPECIFIC CONCERNS
101
BIBLIOGRAPHY
113
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الصفحة 104 - Nevertheless, with respect to the fundamental rights of the person, every type of discrimination, whether social or cultural, whether based on sex, race, color, social condition, language, or religion, is to be overcome and eradicated as contrary to God's intent.
الصفحة 71 - If by capitalism is meant an economic system which recognizes the fundamental and positive role of business, the market, private property and the resulting responsibility for the means of production as well as free human creativity in the economic sector, then the answer is certainly in the affirmative even though it would perhaps be more appropriate to speak of a business economy, market economy or simply free economy.
الصفحة 38 - On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all.
الصفحة 103 - Women, again, are not suited to certain trades; for a woman is by nature fitted for home-work, and it is that which is best adapted at once to preserve her modesty and to promote the good bringing up of children and the well-being of the family.
الصفحة 90 - Motivated by this same spirit, we cannot fail to praise those who renounce the use of violence in the vindication of their rights and who resort to methods of defense which are otherwise available to weaker parties too, provided this can be done without injury to the rights and duties of others or of the community itself.
الصفحة 57 - By intervening directly and depriving society of its responsibility, the Social Assistance State leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies, which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients, and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending.
الصفحة 85 - ... of various kinds. The Church's teaching on war and peace establishes a strong presumption against war which is binding on all; it then examines when this presumption may be overridden, precisely in the name of preserving the kind of peace which protects human dignity and human rights. 2. The Presumption Against War and the Principle of Legitimate SelfDefense 71. Under the rubric, "curbing the savagery of war," the council contemplates the "melancholy state of humanity.
الصفحة 32 - II provided an updated roster of "some of the most important" human rights that the church endorses: the right to life, liberty and security of the person; the right to food, clothing, housing, sufficient health care. rest, and leisure; the right to freedom of expression, education...

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