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Social Justice Final Exam OutlineBelow is a list of topics, ideas and terms that you should know for the final.- What is social justice?- Different types of justice:1)Distributive2) Formal3) Justice as merit4) Egalitarianism- *Difference between Charity and Justice (Long term vs short term changes) and why people would resist social justice- How faith relates to justice- Discipline vs Punishment in justice- Rugged individualism (American society) and how it clashes with Church teaching on justice- Biblical Themes of Social Justice- God’s preference towards the vulnerable and needy- Theme on work and money- Citizenship to Kingdom of God vs State- Patience when working for Justice- What is Catholic Social Teaching (CST)?*Theme 1 Human Dignity:- Where it comes from and Church perspective on Human Nature- Implications of teaching on Human Dignity- Why Human Dignity is at the core of CSTTheme 2 Rights and Responsibilities- Different types of rights- Purpose of the Declaration on Human Rights - Rights are: 1) Universal2) Inviolable3) InalienableTheme 3 Peace- What peace IS vs what peace IS NOT- Violence and international conflict: 3 main causes of wars – Political, economic, religious- Cycle of violence: Institutional, counter-violence, repressive violence- Just War Theory – When is violence justified? Be familiar with its principles- Nonviolent and violent resistance. What are the pros and cons of each? Which one has been shown to be more effective recently?- Story of Franz Jagerstatter – how did they promote peace?- Information about Active Shooter Incidents and how they are getting worse and becoming more frequent.Theme 4 Preferential Option for the Poor-Main teachings and mission of this theme-Simplicity vs poverty, how are they different?-Vulnerability and how it can help people to live better lives-Types of poverty: Poverty of material, soul spirit-How Jesus “favored” the poor and vulnerableTheme 5 Solidarity- General teachings of the Church on the theme- Prejudice and stereotyping and when it becomes negative- Forms of prejudice: Antilocution, Avoidance and Discrimination- Vocabulary and different types of discrimination: Ageism, Sexism, Racism, Economic discrimination, gender discrimination.- Why and how prejudice develops- Recommended strategies for how to combat prejudiceTheme 6 Care for Creation:- Church teaching on Care for Creation- The Church's view on the environment as God's creation- Information from the article "Top Ten Takeaways from Laudato Si."Death Penalty- Church teaching on why the death penalty is wrong.- Church teaching on restorative justice, forgiveness, and human dignity. The death penalty violates theseFacts about the death penalty:- The federal government legalized the use of the death penalty in 1976. 31 states approve its use. - It costs about 10 times more money to execute a prisoner with the death penalty than it does for prisoner to serve a life sentence. - Black defendants are approximately four times more likely to receive a death penalty sentence then white defendants.- Most countries don’t have a death penalty; the US is the only Western nation to have it.- About 4% of prisoners who are sentenced to death are eventually proven to be innocent.US Immigration- Main points of the Rights of Refugees Article: Church teaching that well-off countries like the US should have more open immigration policies.- Many people who come to the US are refugees who are forced to flee their countries. The US should embrace and help refugees (Preferential Option for the Poor). ................
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