SOCIAL SIN

Personal Sin – root of social sin

• Sins like pride, selfishness, greed, etc, come to infect habitual patterns of human interaction

SIN as social

Each individual’s sin in some way affect others

Each individual’s sin in some way affect others

There are sins located in social

structures, situations and

groups

There are sins located in social

structures, situations and

groups

Some sins by their

very matter

constitute a direct

attack on one’s

neighbor

Some sins by their

very matter

constitute a direct

attack on one’s

neighbor

SIN – A social realitySIN – A social reality

Human Person as individual/as member of society

Moral/EthicalPhysicalSpiritualPoliticalEconomic Cultural

FamilyNationRegionWorld

Presuppositions

•The phenomenon of interdependence.

•The fact that social structures are created by human beings

Types of Social Sin• Structures which

systematically oppress human dignity, violate human rights, stifle human freedom, and impose gross inequality between the rich and the poor.

Types of Social SinSituations

which promote or facilitate

greed and human

selfishness

Situations which

promote or facilitate

greed and human

selfishness

Types of Social Sin

• The complicity of persons who do not take responsibility for evil being done or who silently allow injustice or oppression to happen

Vatican List of Seven Social Sins

• Bioethical violations such as birth control• Morally dubious experiments such as

stem cell research• Drug abuse• Polluting the environment• Contributing to widening divide between

rich and poor• Excessive wealth• Creating Poverty

Gandhi’s Seven Deadly Social Sins

• Politics without principles• Wealth without work• Pleasure without conscience• Knowledge without character• Commerce without morality• Science without humanity• Worship without sacrifice

Background of Social Sin

Background of Social Sin

Background of Social Sin

• Ecclesial – Human existence is Ecclesial – Human existence is social and linking sin with social and linking sin with structures.structures.

Conversion to Social Justice

•Conversion of the Feet•Conversion of the Head •Conversion of the Heart