Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is

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by Michael Novak


  separation of church and state, 65–67

  separation of powers, 26, 28

  Settlement House movement, 230, 261, 279–80

  sexual expressionism (sexualityism), 206, 231, 233

  sexual revolution, 183, 201, 223, 233; family structure and, 220, 234; Mary Eberstadt and, 185, 222, 232; government and, 231, 234. See also abortion; birth control; rights: reproductive; sexual expressionism

  Shakespeare, William, 226, 233, 236

  Sherman Antitrust Act (United States), 118, 297n19

  sin, 9, 20, 88, 179, 180–97, 228, 236; sinful structures and, 191–95

  slavery, slaves, 20, 98, 122, 125, 284

  Slovakia, Slovaks, 4, 16, 22, 121

  Smith, Adam, 26, 27, 97

  social capital, 9, 243, 275, 278; social justice and, 244, 274, 279

  social charity, 2, 15, 87, 107, 114

  social clubs, 23. See also associationism, associations

  Social Democratic party, 38, 107, 120, 148

  social destination of goods, 79, 85–86, 133

  social encyclicals, 3, 5, 7

  Socialism, Socialists, 16, 19, 39, 43, 80, 86, 95, 96, 154, 261; Centesimus Annus and, 139, 140, 151; Eastern European, 150, 173; as economic system, 38, 72, 174, 290n7; failures of, 115–16, 129, 133, 155; forced equality and, 102–4; John Paul II and, 21–22, 73, 79–81, 129, 132, 134–36, 146; Leo XIII and, 73, 79, 96, 98–102, 105, 196; Pius XI and, 5, 112–14, 118; poverty and, 72, 175; social justice vs., 2, 91, 113, 118, 275, 295n8

  social justice, 7, 17, 115; definitions of, 22; functional vagueness of, 1, 15, 39; as habit of heart, 24–28; history of, 17–21, 93; intellectual disrepute of, 38–39; as mirage (Hayek), 37–48; Pius XI and, 15, 91; rightly understood, 3, 9, 26–27, 28, 49, 50, 54; in social work education, 3, 10; striving toward, 16; as term, 1–2, 17, 29; as virtue, 2, 16, 20, 22, 38, 51, 54, 79, 90, 91, 107, 111, 112, 115, 119, 120, 196, 200, 219, 223–25, 228, 233, 235, 237, 244, 245, 266, 273–77, 283, 290n11; wrongly understood, 40–48

  Social Security, 36, 281

  social work, workers: accreditation standards of, 3, 22, 244, 246, 248; challenges of, 235–36, 269, 270; charity and, 253, 254, 258, 259, 261, 267, 268; conscience and, 102–3, 204, 207–10, 213–14; dichotomies in, 200; education for, 3, 10, 260, 271; empowerment and, 154, 219, 224; Family Group Conference and, 242, 247; marriage and, 222, 223, 225, 230, 236; moral agency of, 214–16; patch and, 240; practice of, 200, 237, 238, 246, 246, 251, 268; professionalism and, 259, 260, 267; secular world of, 233, 234, 257, 260; social justice and, 3, 201, 224, 228, 235, 237, 238, 262, 276; theory of, 200; threats to conscience of, 204–7; virtue and, 200, 201, 231, 23–36, 246, 253, 269–70, 277–83, 312n5

  Socrates, 30, 51, 184

  soft despotism, 94–95, 139

  solidarity, 51, 55, 78, 83–85, 194, 201; associations and, 71, 130, 138; Benedict XVI and, 159; caritas and, 71, 134; Centesimus Annus and, 129, 151; John Paul II and, 138, 148, 156

  Solidarnosc (Solidarity), 71, 84–85, 130, 138, 282

  Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (John Paul II, 1987): initiative in, 132, 135, 142; subjectivity in, 79, 177

  Sorel, Georges, 95

  soul, 20, 64, 68, 90, 178, 179, 190, 229, 235, 276, 285; caritas and, 57, 58, 255, 266, 269; conscience and, 68, 208; government and, 66, 81, 269; John Paul II and, 84; labor and, 62, 80; social justice and, 90; virtues and, 246, 267. See also spirit

  South Korea, 61, 73

  Soviet Union, 32, 60, 81, 85, 98, 102, 155, 173. See also Russia

  spirit, 59, 60, 68; life of, 17, 66, 71; work and, 62–63. See also Holy Spirit; soul

  Stalin, Joseph, 39, 109, 120; Ukrainians murdered by, 17, 102, 108

  Stand With Children, 234

  Stark, Rodney, 256, 263

  state, the, 34, 40, 82, 100, 175; big government and, 24, 25, 34, 55, 66; bureaucratic, 11, 39; charity and, 262; as Leviathan, 23, 94, 196, 200, 217, 237. See also welfare state

  Sturzo, Don Luigi, 119, 173

  subjectivity, 62, 132, 282, 294n1; creative, 79, 122, 129, 131, 132, 135, 142, 144, 151; human, 79, 157; of individual, 22, 62, 79–80, 120, 129, 131, 132, 134, 142, 144, 177; John Paul II and, 22, 177, 282; of society, 22, 78, 80–81, 131, 136, 151, 177

  subjects vs. citizens, 3, 22

  subsidiarity, 71, 78, 81–83, 159, 201, 230; as antidote to welfare state, 158, 159; Benedict XVI and, 159, 160; conscience and, 216–18; families and, 230, 245; John Paul II and, 82, 83; Pius XI and, 114; Sacramentum Mundi and, 81–82, 122; state and, 55, 119, 216–18

  suffering, 15, 42, 43, 51, 101, 269, 285

  suicide, 205, 221

  Sunday school, 20

  Swedish Level of Living Survey, 221

  Sweifach, Jay, 207, 208

  Taiwan, 164

  Taliban, 188

  Tammany Hall, 35–36

  Taparelli d’Azeglio, Luigi, S.J., 90, 91, 122, 295n8

  Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), 51, 52

  Ten Commandments, 68

  Tertullian, 272

  theology of economics, 173–74

  Third World, 161–62, 168, 263; John Paul II and, 122, 129, 133, 140, 146, 148–49, 151–53, 170

  Thomas Aquinas, Saint, 7, 101, 224; on charity, 58, 160; conscience and, 209–10; general justice and, 108, 224, 235, 266–67; on right of association, 69–70; Thomistic revival and, 93, 157

  Thomas More, Saint, 187

  Thoreau, Henry David, 203

  Tocqueville, Alexis de: associations and, 23, 27, 53, 104, 120, 176, 275; democracy and, 27, 53, 120; Democracy in America, 104, 155; on individualism, 311n1; on religion and democracy, 17–18; on soft despotism, 94–95, 139

  Tolstoy, Leo, 252–53

  torture, 173, 179, 183

  totalitarianism, 80, 88, 94, 110, 114, 130, 174, 276; anti-totalitarianism, 66; Communist, 32, 218; compassion and, 36; democracy and, 185; soft, 218

  Ukraine, Ukrainians, 17, 85, 102, 108, 188

  United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, 205

  United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child, 205

  United Nations Human Rights Commission, 34

  United States: Catholic bishops of, 82; common good in, 32; communitarianism in, 175, 176; elderly in, 36; as first developing nation, 4, 92; religion and liberty in, 18, 28. See also America, Americans

  U.S. Congress, 24, 25, 68, 125, 142

  U.S. Constitution, 143, 176; conscience and, 202; First Amendment to, 67–68; Leo XIII and, 27–28; natural right of authors and inventors, 123, 125; Preamble of, 115, 175; social justice and, 295n8, 300–301n5

  U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Mandate, 203, 204, 206, 211, 212, 231

  U.S. Supreme Court, 133, 227; on marriage, 230, 234

  universities. See colleges and universities

  utopia, utopian, utopianism, 38, 111, 179, 187, 224, 225–26; caritas and, 267, 286; marriage and, 225–26; social, 47, 300n5; social justice and, 267, 279; social work and, 270

  Vatican II, 173; common good and, 31, 32; Dignitatis Humanae and, 122; Gaudium et Spes and, 8; John Paul II and, 5–6; John XXIII and, 34; Sacramentum Mundi and, 81–82

  Veritas Splendor (John Paul II, 1993), 210

  virtue, 60, 63, 105, 119, 132, 140, 145, 182, 183, 196, 267, 270; charity as, 58, 134, 253, 254–58, 260, 262, 265, 266, 269–72; common good and, 137, 228, 234, 266; democracy as, 54, 186, 275; ethics and, 279, 312n5; faith and, 270, 271; hypocrisy and, 181, 182; justice as, 52, 92, 118, 235, 254, 262, 266, 272; Leo XIII and, 197; marriage and, 223, 225, 231, 235, 236; moral character and, 90, 93, 96, 97, 103, 110, 115, 141, 151, 189, 210, 235; as practice, 52, 182, 193, 219; professional helpers and, 238–46, 269; regulatory pyramid and, 249, 250; social, 274, 275, 293; social justice as, 51, 54, 79, 90, 91, 107, 111, 112, 115, 119, 120, 196, 200, 219, 223–25, 228, 233, 235, 237, 244, 245, 266, 273–77, 283, 290n11; social work and, 200, 201, 231, 235, 236, 246, 253, 269–70, 277–83, 312n5; solidarity and, 83–85, 194

  Vischer, Robert K
., 203, 217

  Vogt, Brandon, 2, 237, 283

  Walesa, Lech, 83–84, 138, 282

  Ward, Julea, 204

  War on Poverty, 1, 36

  Washington, George, 21, 67, 128, 273

  wealth, cause of, 60–61, 86, 131, 174, 178, 191

  welfare state, 7, 24, 33, 51–52, 133, 151, 158, 263, 268. See also state, the

  Wojtyła, Karol, 62, 79, 81, 120, 130–32, 134–35, 157, 282. See also John Paul II

  Wolterstorff, Nicholas, 262

  women: abandoned, 97; associations and, 118, 119, 239; charity and, 255, 258, 259; employment of, 76; empowerment of, 239; free, 191, 285; as head of households, 75; liberation of, 47; marriage and, 222, 227, 236; mortality of, 160; poor, 238, 239; religion and, 185, 207; sexuality of, 206, 213; social organizations for, 23; solidarity and, 84; as unmarried mothers, 36, 52; virtue and, 181; welfare programs and, 51–52

  work, community of, 63–64

  World War I, 22, 37, 53, 106, 173

  World War II, 53, 140, 149, 164, 167, 173; horrors of, 179; Poland in, 81

  YMCA, 20

  Yunus, Muhammad, 238, 240, 263

 

 

 


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