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UNCC100 - The Catholic Social Thoughts Assignment

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UNCC100 - The Catholic Social Thoughts Assignment

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Running head: SOCIAL CATHOLIC THOUGHTSOCIAL CATHOLIC THOUGHTName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1SOCIAL CATHOLIC THOUGHTIntroductionThe individual forms the community and the self is the reflection of the community.The self and the community are inherently interconnected to each other. However, if the selfflourishes, the community will be flourishing consequently (Arends, 2014). The CatholicSocial Thought in short CST is the nine principles, which provides a catholic understandingof relationship of the self and the society. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate the interrelationship between the notion ofthe self and the community in the context of the Social Catholic Thought. The nine principlesof the on which the interrelationship would be established are Dignity of Human Being,Common Good, Preferential Option for the Poor, Subsidiary, Universal purpose of Goods,Stewardship of Creation, and Promotion of Peace, Participation and Global Solidarity. Dignity of Human BeingThe first principle of the Social Catholic Thought is to show respect and dignity forall individual human being irrespective of any condition and state they are (Thompson,2015). The human being is the mere reflection of the God and the dignity of the individual isthe birthright (Thompson, 2015). Common Good The common good is the common wellness of every individual in a community. Thecommon good refers to the way to enhance the common good of every individual in thatcommunity (Poundstone, 2013). The individual self should strive for the common good of thecommunity and the community should take care for the individual’s interest as well(Poundstone, 2013).
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2SOCIAL CATHOLIC THOUGHTPreferential Option for the PoorSocial Catholic Thought states that poverty is the main obstacle in flourishing ofindividual human being and the community as a whole. It wants to deliver the ways in whichthe life of the impoverished is benefitted (Dorr, 2012). It has a separate room for those peoplewho has no wealth. Improvement of the poor could be by providing employment opportunityor spreading education among them (Dorr, 2012). SubsidiaryOften in a social context, there remains a huge gap between the decision maker andthe people who are affected by that decision. The decision making process will be better ifthe decision maker consults with the people who are being affected by the decision reducingthe social distance from each other (Brennan, 2014). This is another principle of the CST,which focuses on the flourishing. It means that the people who are in power that is thedecision maker group should thing about the need of those who are under that power(Brennan, 2014). Universal purpose of GoodsThis principle is based on the concept, which allows the goods and the materials ofthe universe to all the individual human being in a sense that all individual should have equalaccess for goods and materials of the universe for flourishing (Whitmore, 2013). Stewardship of Creation All individuals should take care for the environment and the natural surroundings.The environment is the creation of the God as individuals are. The individuals should takecare for the other creations in the universe (Deane‐Drummond, 2012).
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