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Running head: CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHTSCatholic Social Thought: Self & CommunityStudent NameUniversity nameAuthor Name
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CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHTSCatholic Social ThoughtsThe human beings can live a meaningful life if they follow the catholic social thoughtseffectively. Dignity of humanThe ethical understandings and experience from the history are closely linked in thecatholic social thoughts. The ever changing social environment has great impact on the thoughtswhich makes it complex. This is undeniable that the world of today is purely a materialistic one(Monbiot 2013). Humans devote themselves to earthly pleasure and often ignore, overlook orforget to pay minimum respect that other humans deserve. Catholic Church states that thesociety’s moral is based on human dignity (Melé 2015). Humans are most significant beings onearth as the likeness of man was selected to imprint the God’s image. The practice of humanrights reflects this principle. The Catholic Church fights to ensure the right of every innocenthuman soul. Humans have to protect our dignity from getting humiliated. Common good and community Globalization has promoted individualism to an extreme measure (Hopper 2017). Thepresent global culture is driven by individualism and the self has become synonymous toindividual. However the community is consisted of individuals, individuals have no significancewithout the community. The economic, legal or political policies are directly connected tohuman dignity and acts as key drivers for self growth in the community (Beattie 2015). Ourchurch teaches that the government to protect the self and the community and it is responsible forestablishing the common good for them both. The good must be common as it is impossible for
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CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHTSan isolated individual to enjoy or distribute the good to deeds to the society but as a communityis the expected common good can be materialized successfully. This is not only about fulfillingthe desires of the self or community but should integrate the societal needs n order to enhancethe human condition. SubsidiaritySubsidiarity is the help or support that one should offer to other. The church says that thegovernment has positive contribution to the improvement of the society. The human and naturalenvironments are the common goods that must be preserved defended by the government. Thepersonal goals should be merged with the goals of the community that will protect the collectivegoods. The catholic thought of subsidiarity resists the government from forgetting theirresponsibilities and becoming dominant force (Brennan 2014). The federal government will takecare of the national defense, treaties or interstate cooperation. However it is not expected that thegovernment to interfere in the community’s inner life as it might cause harm to the communaland individual welfare.Stewardship of God’s creationHumans’ responsibility to the world’s goods does not just end with them beingconsumers; they also have the responsibility to care them. The stewardship of God’s creationshould show our respect towards God. As a community they have to protect the people, faith andthe planet. We do not possess any authority over his creations, only God has full control over it,we are only the responsible caretakers of his creation.
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