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• Created in the image of God
• Regardless of any differentiating characteristics
• Simply being human establishes your dignity

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• Right to life, from conception to natural death
• Every stage of development and decline – worthy of respect and protection
• Respect for the sacredness of life is part of a good and just society

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• Tradition proclaims, the person is not just sacred but social
• We organise our families – our politics – our economics – our laws
• Association gives the individual the capacity to grow
• Protect dignity and promote good

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• People have a right and a duty to participate society, to promote good and protect vulnerable
• Work – form of continuing participation in God’s creation
• Basic rights of workers to be protected, fair wage, right to organise and join unions

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• We will be judged on how we treat the hungry, the thirsty, the sick, the homeless
• WHY? Because the good of society as a whole requires it

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• We are one human family
• Solidarity calls on us to respond
• Not just with charitable works but towards Social Justice

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• Moral responsibility to look after our environment
• Stewardship also relates to how we look after our personal health and how we use our talents

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• Responsibilities and limits of government
• Restrict limits of higher authority only to that which is necessary

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• Equality of all persons comes from their essential dignity
• Treating equals equally is one way of defining justice and fairness
• Social and cultural discrimination in fundamental rights, – not compatible with God’s design

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• Social conditions allowing people to reach full potential and realise their human dignity
• Opposite of unbridled individualism
• Helps maintain balance, harmony and peace among groups, neighbours, regions and nations