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