Themes of On Human Work (Laborem Exercens) - Living Faith at Work

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Theme 8: Work and Its Abuse • Work, which is meant to humanize and develop persons, can become destructive when means become ends. • The encyclical states that historically certain means have usurped the prerogatives of the end. • For Example, technology (a means) has become the master and the human person (the end) the slave.
Theme 9: Work and the Common Good • Work, through the use of natural and personal resources, is an essential force to achieve the common good. • The pope states explicitly that the first principle of the whole ethical and social order is the principle of the common use of goods. • A mentality of privatized ownership, if taken too far, can threaten the realization of the common good.
Page 1 and 2: Themes of On Human Work (Laborem Ex
Page 3 and 4: In a nutshell • The encyclical ca
Page 5 and 6: Theme 1: The Meaning and Dignity of
Page 7 and 8: Theme 2: The Subjective and Objecti
Page 9 and 10: Theme 3: The Value Scale of Work
Page 11 and 12: Theme 5: A Spirituality of Work •
Page 13 and 14: Theme 6: Work and Question of Justi
Page 15 and 16: Theme 6: Work and Question of Justi
Page 17: Theme 7: Work and Various Ideologie
Page 21 and 22: In Conclusion • In conclusion, Jo
Page 23 and 24: Reflection/Discussion Prompts • W

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