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Leo XIII: Social Justice

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Summary

The Seven Laws of Social Justice by Leo XIII (1891):

 

1.      Men have the right to own land, means of production and companies.

 

2.      Men always work harder and more readily when they work on that which belongs to them.

 

3.      Give men the opportunity to find prosperity in their own land and eradicate the need to migrate if not desired.

 

4.      Men should not be deprived of more than is fair through taxation.

 

5.      Men have the right to have a system that takes care of those much in need.

 

6.      The right to association.

 

7.     The right to have men’s religious duties and morality as the most essential component of any social betterment.

Corporate Social Responsibility and the Social Doctrine of the Catholic Church