Justice Class 7 | Tuesday/Wednesday, September 6 & 7, 2016

Justice Class 7 | Tuesday/Wednesday, September 6 & 7, 2016

• What? Review of Justice definitions from student work & discussion of Smith reading's major points. Activity with the prophets in the Bible. 
• Why? To encourage thoughtful discourse through preparation and practice. To listen carefully and grow in understanding.

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• Check for books - If needed
• Quote from Student Reflection on ...
• "This story may not resonate with high school students at first glance, but it doesn’t take much to realize this is more than just a story about the Holocaust, it’s a story about standing up for what is right, no matter what the situation is." 
• ~ Owen Hackel
• Espacio: Living life from the inside-out.
• Quiz on Smith Reading & Brounstein Visit. . .  See Haiku and Quiz Page. (Period G Only)
• Prophetic Principle: Memorize and understand
• "The prerequisite for political stablity is social justice, for it is in the nature of the things than injustice will not endure."
• CST OVERIVEW
• 1891 | Leo XIII | Rerum Novarum (On Capital and Labor | May 15, 1891)
• Written in response to the Industrial Revolution's effects on living conditions of labor vs. capital.
• A denunciation of socialism as put forth by Karl Marx and the dismissal of all religions as the "opiate of the masses". 
• This is the FIRST papal encyclical (letter) focused on Catholic social teaching. 
• The most recent encyclical is Laudato Sí (On Care of our Common Home | May 24, 2015) by Pope Francis I 
• Quick look at Justice Wordles & Discussion on Right and its implications
• Legal Analysis
• Constitution, Laws, "it's my right"...
• Impartiality as the best we can hope for...
• Retributive Justice: You break a law your face the consequences
• Mishpat
• Behavioral Analysis: To do the right thing, Action, Behavior, Agent
• Change, Character
• Distributive Justice
• Metanoia
• Ts'dakah
• Rabbi Waldenberg on Mishpat and Ts'dakah (Sedeqah) (VIDEO)

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UPCOMING ASSIGNMENT: None Assigned
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• 14 right
• 6 society
• 4 community
• 4 fairness
• 4 morally
• 4 people
• 4 thing
• 4 wrong
• 4 way
• 3 situation
• 3 equality
• 3 believe
• 3 action

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Student Comments: What is Justice?

• Doing the right thing, making sure that no bad deed goes unpunished.
• right behavior or treatment.
• Encourages communal benefit within a society.
• Bringing peace and equality to an area/community.
• right thing and being punished if you don't.
• Moral action taken to handle certain situations. However, because morality can sometimes be subjective, I also believe that justice is subjective.
• Doing what is right. This debate changes within different cultural norms. 
• Treating people fairly and respectfully and understanding right from wrong. 
• It is the proper way to answer/approach an issue or ethical dilemma. It is when the right outcome is drawn from a difficult situation. 
• Discerning what is morally right from what is morally wrong and working towards what is morally right. 
• Looking at social issues and see them from multiple points of view before trying to find a way to solve the problem at hand. 
• Making morally and ethically correct decisions for the betterment and growth of society 
• An equal playing field for all people.
• Giving back to people who need help helping themselves.
• Doing what is right whether or not it is what society thinks is right. 
• Making decisions based on your perception of right and wrong. 
• follow through with laws. 
• fairness, equality, morality, being reasonable. 
• Creating a level playing field for all members of a community. Providing a standard fairness across all peoples.
• An ideal for the way society should respond to any situation. The ideal relies on basic morality/ethics and the understanding of common truths.
• Resolution to a conflict.
• Doing the right thing in order to help the community and the future
• A just action that excludes the negativity in a community. 
• For example, policemen that come together with young black children to make sure they express to the children that there is no separation or divide between the two races.
• The righteous solution to a problem. 
• A course of ethical action that reaps the most benefits for a given community. Given this, just actions would effectively uphold principles like dignity, fairness, and equality. 
• In practice, justice in its purest form is supposed to be "blind"; it transcends factors like race, religion, gender, etc. to substantiate a set of standards for people to act in a way that would best maintain an honorable society. 
• Fairness for all
• Doing the right thing and learning how to make good choices. 
• Acting on your conscious to lead a situation to what you believe is a moral conclusion. 
• Concept of moral rightness that incorporates ethics, rationality, and fairness. 
• Evening out a wrong that someone has committed. 
• Understanding all theories but at the same time one will not oppose them nor believe them. Learning for the greater good of yourself and those around you. 
• Doing right things for the world 
• Bringing order to society 
• Knowledge and decision making based on morals and ideals. 
• Quality of being fair to all parties involve

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