2411. Contracts are subject to commutative justice which regulates exchanges between persons in accordance with a strict respect for their rights. Commutative justice obliges strictly; it requires safeguarding property rights, paying debts, and fulfilling obligations freely contracted. Without commutative justice, no other form of justice is possible.
One distinguishes commutative justice from legal justice which concerns what the citizen owes in fairness to the community, and from distributive justice which regulates what the community owes its citizens in proportion to their contributions and needs.
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47. Who is the Holy Spirit revealed to us by Jesus Christ?
438. What importance does the Church give to the Decalogue?
552. How can adoration be defined?
368. When is an act morally good?
53. Why was the world created?
448. Why is a false oath forbidden?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What is the message of Abdias 1:11 about Edom’s injustice and oppression of the weak?
Joseph’s story: How did God use Joseph’s story to fulfill his purposes?
What is the message of Isaiah’s heavenly vision of the Lord’s glory revealed in Isaiah 40:1-31?
What can we learn from Judith’s victory in Judith 16:1-3?
What does the Bible say about God’s judgment and justice?
What does it mean to choose godliness over the flesh, according to 1 Peter 4:1-6?
