511. How should social and economic life be pursued?
(Comp 511) It should be pursued according to its own proper methods within the
sphere of the moral order, at the service of the whole human being and of the
entire human community in keeping with social justice. Social and economic life
should have the human person as its author, center, and goal.
“In brief”
(CCC 2459) Man is himself the author, center, and goal of
all economic and social life. The decisive point of the social question is that
goods created by God for everyone should in fact reach everyone in accordance
with justice and with the help of charity.
To deepen and
explain
(CCC 2430) Economic
life brings into play different interests, often opposed to one another.
This explains why the conflicts that characterize it arise (Cf. LE 11). Efforts
should be made to reduce these conflicts by negotiation that respects the
rights and duties of each social partner: those responsible for business
enterprises, representatives of wage-earners (for example, trade unions), and
public authorities when appropriate.
Reflection
(CCC 1887) The inversion of means and ends (Cf. CA 41),
which results in giving the value of ultimate end to what is only a means for
attaining it, or in viewing persons as mere means to that end, engenders unjust
structures which "make Christian conduct in keeping with the commandments
of the divine Law-giver difficult and almost impossible" (Pius XII,
Address at Pentecost, June 1, 1941).
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