5   What principles are the basis for the development of the social order?

The social order and its development "must be founded in truth, built on justice, and enlivened by love: it should grow in freedom towards a more humane equilibrium" (GS, loc. cit.). This means that individuals and groups should practice not just private morality but also social morality which governs the relationships between individuals and society. Some examples of the exercise of social morality would be the just payment of taxes, integrity and accountability in public office, rejection of graft and corruption, the care of the environment.

 

FAQs taken from CBCP Catechism on Politics


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