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THED 5
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 HW: TYPES OF JUSTICE
• Research and print on short bond paper
explanation of the following types of justice:
1. COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE
2. DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
3. CONTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
4. SOCIAL JUSTICE

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Be ready for graded recitation
VALUES AND VIRTUES
 Values
• Values are principles for a group or
society
–A principle, standard or quality
considered worthwhile or desirable by
the society
–A value can become a virtue
VIRTUES
• Virtues are practices and actions of an
individual, it is the habitual and firm
disposition to do good
• Virtues are firm attitudes, stable disposition,
habitual perfections of intellect and will that
govern our actions, order our passions and
guide our conduct according to reason and
faith
• Virtues are acquired by human effort. They
are the fruit and seed of morally good acts.
• Our virtues make it
easy for us lead a
morally good life.
• The virtuous person is
one who freely and
joyfully practices
what is good.
 TYPES OF VIRTUES
1. THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
2. CARDINAL VIRTUES
 THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES
1. THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES – virtues that relate
directly to God: faith, hope and love
• Faith in God – enables us to believe in God and
the teachings of His church
• Hope in God – leads us to view eternal life as
our most important goal and to place our total
trust in God
• Love – enables us to love God above all things
and our neighbors as we love ourselves
2. CARDINAL VIRTUES – are virtues that guide
our minds and actions to live the good life:
PRUDENCE, FORTITUDE, TEMPERANCE AND
JUSTICE
• Called cardinal (Latin: cardo – hinge)
virtues because they are hinges on
which all moral virtues depend.
• They are also called moral (Latin: mores –
fixed values) because they govern our
actions, order our passions, and guide our
conduct according to faith
• Prudence is the mother of all the virtues.
• It is the ability to think before we act.
• Prudence allows us to recognize our moral duty to act
with goodness and right discernment in situations that
confront us and allows us to choose the right way to make
that happen.
• Prudence helps us apply reason and practical wisdom to
our everyday actions and decisions, big or small. Through
counsel, judgment, and decisiveness, we come to make
prudent choices that help steer our lives in the right
direction.
• Fortitude is the moral virtue that ensures
firmness in difficulties and constancy in the
pursuit of the good.
• It strengthens the resolve to resist
temptations and to overcome obstacles in the
moral life.
• Gives you the courage to do what is right even
in very difficult times
• Temperance is a virtue that moderates the
attraction and desire for pleasure and “provides
balance in the use of created goods”
• Living with temperance frees us to partake in
material goods in proportion with the way that is
best for us and will bring us the most happiness in
the end.
• Temperance combats the sin of gluttony. While
gluttony is unrestrained in its consumption of
food, drink, or other pleasures, temperance
practices healthy moderation.
 What is justice?
• The word justice comes from a Latin
word (jus) meaning “right.”
• Justice is the moral virtue that
consists in the constant and firm will
to give human persons what is due
to them. This virtue obliges us to
respect the dignity and rights of
others.
• Justice toward God is called the ‘virtue of
religion.’
• Justice toward men disposes one to respect
the rights of each and to establish in human
relationships the harmony that promotes
equity with regard to persons and to the
common good.
COMMERCIAL muna…
 SW: FAMILY VALUES
1. What value/virtue was shown in the
commercial? Explain. (min 5 sentences)
2. In not less than 10 sentences, write about
family value/s that you have adapted or have
been practicing to day. Give examples of
how this is seen or practiced in your life.
TYPES OF JUSTICE
• 1. COMMUTATIVE JUSTICE – is the justice of
exchange. It calls for fairness in agreements &
exchanges between individuals or private social
groups. It requires respect of persons in our
economic transactions, contracts or promises.
• Commutative Justice requires that You get what
you pay for. It also obliges that you pay what you
get. Responsibly fulfil our obligations.
Q:
What is the legal basis of the prohibition on "No
Return, No Exchange" Policy of business
establishments?

A:
Pursuant to the Implementing Rules and Regulations
of R.A. 7394, or the Consumer Act of the Philippines,
specifically Title III, Chapter I, Rule 2, Section 7 of
Department Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2, series
1993, the words "No Return, No Exchange", or words
to such effect shall not be written into the contract of
sale, receipt or sales transaction, in any document
evidencing such sale or anywhere in the store or
business establishment.
2. DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE
• The society, through its governmental bodies
and leaders, should give or distribute to the
individual members of the society what is
rightfully theirs.
• Distributive justice guarantees the common
welfare.
• Distribution of benefits and burdens
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3. CONTRIBUTIVE/LEGAL JUSTICE
• Contributive justice regulates the citizen’s
obligations to the larger society and the
government.
• It refers to the obligations of the members to
the state.
• This type of justice is also called legal justice
since their obligations to the state is usually
expressed through their observance of the
laws in the land.
3. CONTRIBUTIVE/LEGAL JUSTICE
• This is the other side of distributive justice.
• This type of justice demands that all members
of the state should comply not only with the
laws but also with the activities in the
community.
• Our duty as members of the state is to
contribute to the betterment of the society or
the common good.
4. SOCIAL JUSTICE
• “Social justice concerns the social, political,
and economic aspects and, above all, the
structural dimension of problems and their
respective solutions.”
• the focus of social justice is on the institutions,
systems and structures of society that either
facilitate or hinder the common good and
exercise of human rights at the local, national
and international levels.
• the society is composed of several institutions
that should fit together into one system:
political, social, economic institutions, nature
of the family, legally recognized forms of
property. This is the basic structure of the
society which is the first subject of justice.
• The basic structure of the society is socially
unjust.
• Therefore, social justice calls on institutions,
systems and structures within the society to
contribute to the attainment of the common
good and the exercise and protection of
human rights.
• Social justice means promoting a just society
by challenging injustice and valuing diversity
• Social justice involves both the giving of resources and
one’s self. It involves both personal and community
sacrifice for the benefits of others.

• Social justice is not just about welfare programs; it is

about the building of community, respect for human
dignity and self worth, a fair share and distribution of
resources and the search for wholeness.
 Social Justice deals with many issues,
including:
• The sick and disabled • Unemployment
• The elderly • Fair and accessible
• Homeless issues education
• Poverty • Housing
• Corruption • Children in care
• Drug abuse • The most vulnerable
• Criminal Justice: in societies
Police, courts and • Climate
sentencing, prisons, change/global
youth and gang crime warming
Different Approaches to Social Justice
• Welfare
• Charity
• Justice
• Aid
• Development
• Empowerment
• Evangelism based
• Mixture of the above
Very different Time Frame & Motive
Why are Christians So Involved in Social
Justice?
• Because God first loved us and
we respond to His love by
showing love to others
• Because Jesus was
• Because the Bible tells us to be
• Because we see Jesus in our
fellow brothers and sisters
Why are Christians So Involved in Social
Justice?
BUT …
Whatever we do, it is done in
response to the love of Jesus, who
brings good news – especially to the
poor and the oppressed. He equips
us to be God’s hands and heart in
this mission of love and grace.
 SW: by pair
• Analyze the pictures and discuss the type of
justice involved.
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 Your Challenge
• Listen to God’s call on your life to be involved in
social justice initiatives – there are so many
possibilities.
• Work with:
• The sick and disabled
• The elderly
• The Homeless
• People living in Poverty
• Asylum Seekers
• Refugees
• People in prison or caught up in youth and gang crime
• The Unemployed
• People who need support to gain fair and accessible education
• Family Law support agencies
• Children in care or become a foster carer
• The most vulnerable in societies
 Your Church’s Challenge
• Justice and charity ministries are grounded in
Scripture. They are not an optional extra and
should be part of every faith community….
– What is your church doing in the area of social
justice?
– Is your church family ‘on the same page’
understanding the importance of social justice?
– Can your church improve what it is doing?