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1CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHTCatholic social thought is based on the belief that the almighty has a plan for a propercreation along with a plan for developing a kingdom which would be based on love, peace andjustice. The God has also decided a special story for all of us in his planning and in order tofulfill our part, it is not sufficient to be only spiritual and keep ourselves happy (Guitan, 2015). Itis also important to involve every aspect of life starting from the how we perceive ourselvesindividually, working towards good to that of the responsibility of being a global citizen. Itinvolves nine main principles which help us develop ourselves as good followers of god andmaintain ideals which bring out the compassionate and empathic sides for us making the world abetter place for all privileged as well as unprivileged people of the world.The first principle is called the Dignity of the human person. The main foundation of theCatholic Church is that human life is sacred and therefore the dignity of the human should bemade starting point for a moral vision for the society. This principle mainly states that everyperson on this earth is prepared on the earth with the image of God which in simple term can bedescribed that every individual is the clearest reflection of the God. Therefore each and everyperson should reflect self as the follower of such principles and take care that he maintains thedignity of the opposite person at the same time maintaining his own dignity as well (Stollenwork,2016). Often it may lead to conflict but as human are intelligent creations, proper strategies needto be adopted to save the respect for both. When all the individuals start thinking responsibly inthe same fashion, a community will grow up where love and respect for each other would be themain foundation.The second principle is called the common good and community. Each and every humanbeing is sacred as well as social where realizing the dignity as well as relationship with the othersin the society is very important for peaceful establishment of a social life. Organizing the society

2CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHTin different aspects like economics, law, policy and politics by placing proper importance onmaintaining dignity will help to develop the capacity of individuals to grow in a community.When each and every individuals becomes self determined to love their neighborsunconditionally, they would be able to move forward towards a broad community commitmentwhere good performed by the self with lead to an enrich community (Massaro, 2015).The third principle would is called the preferential option for the poor as well as the vulnerable.It is true that deprivation and powerlessness of the poor becomes one of the major reasons thatwound as the community and therefore the poor has the most urgent moral claim on theconscience developed by the nation and its people. Option for the poor is extremely importantaspect of the society’s effort to achieve common good (Curley, 2017). A proper healthycommunity can be only achieved when each and every individual develop a self determination toprovide special attention to those who are in special needs, to those who are on the margins ofthe society and are poor.The fourth principle is called the rights and responsibilities. A healthy community can only beachieved when human rights are protected long with the provision of chances where themembers would also meet their responsibilities. Each and every individual in the community onthe self has the right to enjoy life with the right to gain all those things important for leading aquality life like food, shelter, cloth and employment. Therefore each and every individual on theown self should take the responsibility of practicing such rights for themselves and also providechances to the underprivileged so that they also get the scope of enjoying their rights (Thompson,2015). In this way, every individual can contribute to development of a community where humandignity is protected and proper voice for rights and responsibilities are also welcome.

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