The Dignity of
Every Person and Human Rights
There is
no culture or religion that does not in some way express the value of human
life. The Catholic Church has actively
promoted human dignity both in individual moral choices and in the ethical
practices of entire societies. The main
point the Church makes in how all humans are made in the image and likeness of
God. In their own ways, all humans
reflect the image of God in their rational minds and in their physical bodies. This means they are all entitled to be
treated with the greatest of respect and dignity. The text almost mentions how humans deserve
the care and attention that belong to beings of inestimable worth. This means that all people, no matter who you
are or where you come from, deserve to be treated with inalienable respect as
children of God. The Catholic Church is
amazing as staying with a consistent ethic of life because they boldly promote
pro-life on multiple controversial issues, advocating respect for all human
life. It is also important to remember
to express equality because the race for income, wealth, and status does not
take place on a level playing field because opportunities are never evenly
distributed.
Colonialism and
Economic Development
As a result
of the Catholic Churches persistence on equality the Church is entering a long
and complex process to bring fairer treatment for less-developed nations. The text states that the focus is on formal
patterns of colonization, while other observers express concern about less
obvious but equally malevolent practices described as neo-colonialism or
neo-imperialism. Some regions of the
world suffer serious unfair disadvantages.
Even after gaining political independence the nation does not know what
to do with it because the economies of these lands have been warped by
prolonged experiences of dependency and domination. Since these nations have experienced patterns
of inequality for so long, the terms social sin or structural evil have been
applied to them in recent Catholic ethical thought. Besides, the exploration of the Europeans
into the New World, like Africa and Asia, the priests, preachers, and
missionaries that traveled with the explorers sought to spread Christianity to
indigenous peoples where ever they went.
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