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14.1
Morality: A Response to God’s Love
Chapter 14
Generosity and Justice
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14.2
Chapter Overview
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The seventh commandment involves the topics
of stealing, the use of private property, and the
necessity of making amends.
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The tenth commandment helps us appreciate the
need to follow the way of Jesus in order to avoid
the sins of envy, avarice, and greed.
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Justice applies the seventh commandment to the
pursuit of the common good.
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Catholic social teaching offers guidance for
achieving social justice.
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Vocabulary
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Commutative justice (p. 265): The
obligation, required by the seventh
commandment, to respect the rights of
others.
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Reparation (p. 265): Making amends for
harming another; returning stolen
property.
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Envy (p. 266): “Sadness at the sight of
another’s goods and the immoderate
desire to have them for oneself.”
(Catechism, #2553)
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Vocabulary
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Avarice (p. 266): “A passion for riches and
their attendant power.” (Catechism,
#2552)
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Greed (p. 266): The desire to amass
limitless earthly goods.
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Common good (p. 271): A long-standing
concept advocating that society should be
organized so that, as much as possible,
both individuals and the entire community
are equally thriving.
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Vocabulary
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On the Condition of Workers (p. 273): The
1891 encyclical of Pope Leo XIII voicing
concern for industrial workers; the first of
a series of documents comprising modern
Catholic social teaching.
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Spiral of poverty (p. 276): Poor people
being in a situation that makes
overcoming poverty almost impossible.
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Urbanization (p. 276): Growth of cities
worldwide.
14.3
Review
1. What does the seventh commandment
forbid? List some ways that we can
violate this commandment.
2. In what sense is private property not an
absolute right?
3. Explain the difference between being an
owner and a steward.
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Review
4. What does the seventh commandment
say about slavery and shoplifting?
5. What is reparation? How can we apply
the principle of reparation to the seventh
commandment?
6. Define envy, avarice, and greed.
14.5
Review
7. Describe some positive ways to observe
the seventh and tenth commandments.
8. Why is a spirit of detachment necessary
to combat envy?
9. What is the virtue of charity?
14.6
Review
10. Describe a characteristic of the early
Church.
11. What shift in perspective does justice
bring to our moral imagination?
12. How is lack of justice a form of theft?
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Review
13. Define common good.
14. Name the three principles of the concept
of the common good.
15. Explain this statement: “Everyone’s
life is enriched when each person’s life
is enriched.”
14.8
Review
16. What two messages did Pope Leo XIII
proclaim by issuing On the Condition of
Workers?
17. What trend did Pope Leo’s encyclical
begin?
18. What are the seven themes of Catholic
social teaching?
14.9
Review
19. What does it mean to say that many
people are trapped in a spiral of
poverty?
20. Define urbanization. How is urbanization
a symptom of worldwide poverty?