Willing to sacrifice to promote social justice worldwide?

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Would you support sacrificing a good portion of your income if it meant promoting social justice worldwide? I would feel it to be my religious duty.
 
What exactly is “social justice” and who defines it and its goals and ends?
 
Yes, that’s exactly my question. The term can mean very different things to different people.
 
For me, social justice means economic justice, and Church Social Doctrine.

But in other sites, I’ve seen people referring to things like homosexual marriage, contraception, etc as “social justice”. A bad definition, I think.

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rdscheirer said:
What exactly is “social justice” and who defines it and its goals and ends?
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You jumped my intention for this thread. I certainly cannot answer your questions, but I’m a firm believer that with God’s grace and spirit, people can come together to successfully address these and other similar issues.

Spiritual rewards are real! Just wait until we escape the curse of the Tower of Babel. The curse is spiritual in nature and once we break these spells people will again speak with one voice.
 
On top of what sort of social justice it is we are talking about, there is also the issue of how permanent it is. For example food aid might make it’s first shipment, but later shipments might be diverted by corrupt officials. Also food donations themselves are a temporary gift. Sometimes that’s all that’s needed by people to get them through a tough time, but sometimes not.
 
No. “Social justice” can be another name for communism. I am willing to sacrifice for the conversion of souls, not earthly social justice.
 
I am already sacrificing my income for social justice. I pay taxes and give to charities, and if it were necessary I would give even more. My problem is that my idea of social justice is not aligned at all with the one of the government and with the one of a lot of other people. To me social justice is not about financial redistribution, it is about true Christian justice. As an example a large amount of my tax money is wasted to support behaviors that go against Christian justice and so I do not see why I should pay more taxes for that evil. I would even be willing to make extra sacrifices to do something that I consider useless if it were not immoral and if it were mandated by a person that fully adheres to the teachings of the Catholic Church, sadly I do not see any government institution fulfilling those requirements.
 
You mean, would I sacrifice personal income to bail out Greece and Spain? In as much as I’m part of the U.S. economy I’ll probably have to anyway.
 
JimG said:
You mean, would I sacrifice personal income to bail out Greece and Spain? In as much as I’m part of the U.S. economy I’ll probably have to anyway.
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I’m not really talking about Greece and Spain, but third-world countries where there is daily hunger.
 
Robert_Sock said:
I’m not really talking about Greece and Spain, but third-world countries where there is daily hunger.
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Yes, I’d be willing to sacrifice to help them. In a way, that’s what charities like Food for the Poor are all about.

But long term, the best way to help the poor of third world countries is to get them on a path toward national prosperity, and that would require the promotion of free markets and free trade. If a government is so designed as to keep its people in poverty, they will stay in poverty no matter how much aid is given.
 
JimG said:
Yes, I’d be willing to sacrifice to help them. In a way, that’s what charities like Food for the Poor are all about.

But long term, the best way to help the poor of third world countries is to get them on a path toward national prosperity, and that would require the promotion of free markets and free trade. If a government is so designed as to keep its people in poverty, they will stay in poverty no matter how much aid is given.
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As a person of third world country, I know that we should not give food or money to anyone, rather than we should help people for their development. Also our religion teach us like that.
 
rdscheirer said:
What exactly is “social justice” and who defines it and its goals and ends?
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It’s a compilation of bits and pieces of some of the more recent Papal Encynicals. It was put together by the USCCB, as a guide to help Catholics in the voters booth.

Some topics include the environment, unions, the global economy, etc.
 
JimG

You hit the nail on the head- it is about individual liberty and the consequences ofyour choices in a FREE society- not when choices are limited by the gov’t.
 
I would but I am not sure how much I could sacrifice. I only get about $700 a month as it is from SSI.
 
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