a) Justice
b) Acts of Justice
c) Sins against the Justice
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a) Justice
Within the work world and within the economy in general, one virtue should exist and this should regulate everything: this is the virtue of justice.
Justice means giving everyone what they deserve; the more needy people must receive more.
There are 3 types:
-commutative. This is getting what you work for (If you have worked for 4 hours, you will be paid for 4
hours);
-distributive. This is about receiving what you need (If you are disabled, you will be paid 4 hours although you worked 3);
-social. This is about everyone contributing and working for the common good. (If you have worked 4 hours, you give 0.4% to the common treasury).
You must also keep in mind that in order to have justice:
-legal is not always moral,
-everything you can afford isn’t always necessary.
Morality is always above legality, and necessity is always above morality. What are possible leads to what is good, and good leads to betterment.
b) Acts of Justice
The acts to be just may be materials and spirituals.
It´s
material:-to visit and care for the sick,
-to feed the hungry,
-to give drink to the thirsty,
-to clothe the naked,
-to give shelter to the pilgrims,
-to ransom the captive,
-to bury the dead.
It´s
spiritual:-to admonish the sinner,
-to instruct the ignorant,
-to counsel the doubtful,
-to forgive all injuries,
-to console the sorrowful,
-to bear wrongs patiently,
-to pray for the living and the dead.
c) Sins against Justice
Personally:
-greed: an inordinate love of money;
-profiting: living solely for making money;
-wasting: excessively spending money;
-larceny: unlawfully taking someone’s things;
-theft: taking over someone’s things;
-retention: retaining what belongs to someone else;
-betting: betting money on future and luck;
-games of chance: spending money on bad habits.
In personal work:
-price increases: specifically raising the price of something above what it should be;
-corruption: giving selfish priority to someone;
-adulation: flattering someone else exaggeratedly;
-returns: returning something that’s not damaged or defective;
-fiscal fraud: cheating the government.
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