Social Justice - Pre-Midterm

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Friedrich Hayek

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Austrian economist and philosopher; influenced both Ronald Reagan and public opinion behind the Iron Curtain

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Friedrich Hayek

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Author of Law, Legislation, and Liberty and The Road to Serfdom

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Friedrich Hayek

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Did not support the use of the term "social justice," as it was often used in reference to government and power, and, he believed, contributed to a command society.

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Friedrich Hayek

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Opposed the use of "social justice" when it referred to the utopian goal, rather than the positive results of combined individual virtue and effort.

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Michael Novak

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American Catholic Philosopher, United States Ambassador to UN Commission on Human Rights

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Michael Novak

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Author of The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism, First Things First

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Michael Novak

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Defines social justice as working *with* others, *for* the good of the city (or society), not just one individual. SJ must flow from the voluntary actions of individuals; it cannot be coerced.

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Luigi D'Azeglio

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first used the term "Social Justice" in response to the ill living conditions produced by the Industrial Revolution

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Virtue

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Novak says SJ is the __________ needed to work well with others for the good of the common society.

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Right relationships

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SJ can be summed up as _________________ with others.

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Keynesian Economics

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Current economic thought in America; favors free market and government spending when unemployment is high in order to create jobs.

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Civil Rights

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__________is an "Energizing myth" that has fueled public sentiment. It is popular for any type of minority group to see themselves as oppressed, and their problem as a ________ issue.

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John Rawls

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author of "a theory of Justice" - considered *the* work on social justice

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the veil of ignorance

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a theoretical position in which no one knows his place or status in society and therefore must make policy based on moral thought and not on a self-serving bias.

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social contract

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the theory that individuals surrender some of their rights to the government in order for protection

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God, Others, Nature

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As relational beings, we must have right relationships with _________________. (Three)

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Institution

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An _____________ is a pattern of relationship.

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Absolute Poverty

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_____________ is when people lack the bare minimum in terms of an objective standard

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Relative Poverty

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____________ when people are lacking in comparison with those around them.

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Kay Hymowitz

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Author of "marriage and caste; the marriage gap"

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Family

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The __________ is the basic SJ institution.

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Alexis de Tocqueville

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Author of "Democracy in America" about the associations that Americans make for civil society.

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Civil Society

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The third aspect of society; those associations that are neither business nor government. Churches, volunteer organizations, clubs, etc.

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Stephen Monsma

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"Religion can speak with a spiritual power and force that most other associations in civil society cannot even approach."

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Marvin Olasky

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Author of "The Tragedy of American Compassion"

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association

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Who says "liberty" says "___________."

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Justice

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The church is a ___________ institution.

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communities

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Churches are _________ in their own right.

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Affiliation, Bonding, Categorization, Discernment, Employment, Freedom, God

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The seven marks of compassion

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subsidy

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Financial aid or support furnished by the government to an organization or individual, often for the purpose of promoting economic or social policy.

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subsidiary

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A company that is owned or controlled by another company; a 'daughter' company.

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subsidiarity

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A principle of social organization, originating in the Roman Catholic Church, that a central authority should have a supporting role and only do something when the issue cannot be resolved at a more local level.

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John Kenneth Galbraith

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Advisor to president JFK, proposed steering more investments toward public spending,especially spending for education, health, and training.

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War on Poverty

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Lyndon B. Johnson began this program in 1964 to try to end poverty in the US.

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Bill Clinton

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The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was instituted by ______________ and was supposed to "end welfare as we know it."

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RobertNozick (In Anarchy, State, and Utopia)

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argues, (in response to Rawls)however, that people produce all resources, and they have rights to thethings they produce. Thus, attempts to improve the condition of theleast advantaged through redistribution are unjust.

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Robert Nozick

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Uses the example of a basketball player who charges and extra 25cents, to show that wealth is rightfully gained, not stolen. He says liberty inevitably produces inequality.

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scarcity

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we live in a world where, in reality, __________, not wealth, is the norm.

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David Gushee

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wrote "rebuilding marriage and the family" in Toward a Just and Caring Society, about the decline of the traditional, nuclear family. He also edited the book.

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Stephen Monsma

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wrote "poverty, civil society, and the public policy impasse" in Toward a Just and Caring Society

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John Dilulio

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Author of The Urban Church; faith, outreach, and the inner-city poor