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Chapter 2

• Respecting Human Dignity

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Do Now

• Think of someone who has hurt you. Are you able
  to see any good in him or her? In a paragraph,
  explain the reason for your response.

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Respect for Goodness Sake

• Christian vision of justice belief that all of
  Gods creation has goodness and dignity
• Respect
• Taking a second look
• Look beyond outer appearances and see our
  neighbors and our world in the light of the
  goodness inherent in all Gods creation

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Lemons and Limes

• What lessons do you think can be gained from this
  exercise?
• Do people slow down and take a second look at
  their environment often enough? Why or why not?
• What are possible consequences of failing to take
  a second look at their environment often enough?
  What are the benefits?

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Do Later

• Is there beauty in your surroundings? Survey
  them as if you were looking through the lens of a
  camera--or actually do so if you have a camera
  available. Write a paragraph about what you saw
  and whether it appeared to you as beautiful.

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Worth Given by God

• Goodness given by God is at the core of all
  people and creation
• Respect is the recognition of that goodness
• All creation is precious and valuable

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Justice

• Respect in action
• When an attitude of respect is expressed in
  actions, justice occurs
• Christian vision of just can be realized only
  when respect, based in God-given goodness of
  creation is active in human life

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• What criteria are used by students in this school
  to discriminate against one another?

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Respecting the Dignity of the Human Person

• Basic human dignity of all people
• Created in Gods image
• Our loving actions, actions that flow from the
  core of our being and display our concern for
  others, demonstrate most fully that we are images
  of God
• Abilities and skills unique to each person
• Through these abilities that we express the image
  of God on earth

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A Permanent Dignity

• Can never be taken away, even by our actions
• God given right to express ourselves
• Cannot be destroyed
• Can be violated, disregarded and disrespected
• Is assaulted by any action or circumstance that
  prevents us from expressing our true nature as
  images of God

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Respect is a Right for Everyone

• Basic human dignity of all people
• Write down your responses
• What words or images come to mind when you think
  of people in prison?
• The purpose of prison is
• Even criminals have a basic dignity that must be
  respected.

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The Churchs View of Prisoners and Prisons

• Tradition
• The Social Teaching of the Church
• US Catholic Bishops
• Make amends with a crime
• Deterrent
• Rehabilitation
• Rights must be respected

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US Prisons

• Vengeance
• Law is strong, but we frequently dont live up
• Ex violence, denied basic medical, access to
  lawyer, family
• Assaults harm possibility of rehab
• Rehabilitation
• Respect is key to empowering people so they can
  rehabilitate

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• Justice demands protection of the common good
• Given this idea of justice
• How should we treat criminals?

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Pro-Life
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The Seamless Garment

• Cardinal Joseph Bernardin
• Consistent Ethic for Life
• From the womb to the tomb
• Heart of Justice

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• In groups choose on life issue
• Write what the most Pro- Life, Respect- Full
  stance on that issue.

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Capital Punishment

• Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation
  organized to abolish the death penalty
• Break the cycle of violence
• Display that all life should be respected

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People with Disabilities

• Americans with Disabilities Act

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Drug Abuse

• Lack of self respect
• Addiction
• Treat addictionchange values, thinking,
  behaviors, spirituality
• Embrace responsibility, honesty and caring for
  others

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• Examples of a lack of self-respect
• What are the criteria for self-respect
• Make a list of guidelines.
• HW Self-evaluation how are you doing with
  these? Set personal goals for improvement.

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Respecting Women

• Wage gap
• How does this affect other areas of justice?

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Respecting Intelligence

• Advertisements manipulate
• People become identified with what they own
  instead of what they think

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Respect Basic to all Just Relationships

• All people have basic goodness and dignity
  because they have been created in the image of
  God
• This human dignity must be acknowledged and
  respected