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Analysis: A Catholic Response's Scripture

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To begin with, A Catholic Response takes a faith based position for a theory of justice that targets real social problems. How to remove these social problems and live a just life is based in this response’s Scripture. The Holy texts instill what principles are valued and as a result, Catholicism’s ideals are used for the support of the understanding of justice and for social teachings. Moreover, the three basic beliefs in Catholic social teachings create the foundation for justice. These core assertions are the “inviolable dignity of the human person”, “essentially social nature of human beings”, and “belief that the abundance of nature and of social living is given for all people” (Lebacqz 67). Each has an influence in justice that can be

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