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Catholic Social Isolation

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A study in 2013 found that social isolation increases the risk of death by 29%. It is a proven fact that human beings are created social creatures and can never exist in isolation because of the incompetency of fulfilling owns needs. According to Aristotle, the ultimate goal of a person’s life is to flourish and if one wants to flourish, the community needs to be flourish as well. The 9 principles of Catholic Social Thought provides a guideline for human race to recognize their duties within the community and strive for human flourishing. For instance, common good encourage the transformation of self-interested to community-interested. Common good does not just happen, for example, one person cannot clean up the pollution that everyone causes. It is a cooperative effort and requires every individual in the community to do their duties and maintain the social conditions where then the whole community can benefits from the common good. …show more content…

How can a person flourish when he/she knows that their fellow human beings are not entitled to freedom, dignity and equality? Women’s March is a result of community awareness and an example of participation, global solidarity and promotion of peace. Every individual join force together, fighting for women’s right, assisting the helpless victim to defend themselves, closing the gap and restoring human dignity. Additionally, every individual needs to follow the golden rules in order to promote human dignity. If one wants to be respected and accepted, he/she first need to respect and accept others as a whole despite their sexual preferences or economic status. Community that caters and welcomes diversities is constructed by individual that tolerates

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