Folia Theologica 11. (2000)
Eugene Csocsan de Váralja: The Just Income Distribution
138 E. CSOCSAN de Váralja and the ius gentium, which means, that the requirements of common good and the social justice have been incorporated into the social institutions and in the practice of law. “It is necessary, that this justice should permeate all the social and state institutions, and that it should prevail in the social policy, that is to say to create such a social order, which marks the whole economy and which is animated by the soul of social charity.”91 (Quadragesimo anno) The system of law has to guarantee that the fair competition would not degenerate into unlimited competition.92 Meanwhile “we have to increase the available goods by the orderly development of the production, but we have to watch, that the fruits of common efforts have to be justly distributed”.93 (Dans la tradition) “...the right distribution is not a simple thing ... we have to investigate it on the level of political economy, because we can recognise the fixed goal, for which we have to strive on earth, that is the interest of the common good, only from that that perspective”94 The grace of Christ is needed, that “in every field of human society the citizens and their leaders would recognise and follow the goals prescribed by the Creator and in order that the Cupertino of the individuals and of the peoples would 91 Altiora igitur et nobiliora exquirenda sunt, quibus hic potentatus severe inte- greque gubernetur: socialis nimirum iustitia et caritas socialis. Quapropter ipsa populorum atque adeo socialis vitae totius instituta ea iuastitia imbuantur oportet maximeque necessarium est, ut vere efficiens evadat seu ordinem iuridicum et socialem constituat, quo oeconomia tota veluti informetur. Caritas vero socialis quasi anima esse debet huius ordinis; ad quem efficienter tuendaum et vindicandum auctoritas publica alacris incumbat opportet; id quod minus difficulter praestare poterit, si ea onera a se excusserit, quae ei non esse propria ante declaravimus... Quadragesimo anno, AAS 1931 (a. XXIII), pages 206-207. 92 See Quadragesimo anno quoted in footnotes 2' and 28 as well as the Gia per la decimaterza quoted in footnote 2 . 93 “s’il est vrai, que pour satisfaire à cette obligation le moyen le plus naturel est d’accroître les bien disponibles par un sain développement de la production, encore faut-il dans la poursuite de cet effort garder le souci de répartir justement les fruits du labeur de tous Dans la tradition 7th July 1952, AAS 1952 (a. XXXXIV) pages 621-622 94 Ces quelques réflexion montrent la difficulté d’une saine distribution pour répondre aux exigences de la vie sociale, elle ne saurait être abandonné au libre jeu des forces économiques aveugles, mais doit être envisagée au niveau de l’économie nationale, car c’est là que se prend une claire vision de la fin à poursuivre du bien commun temporel. Dans la tradition 7th July 1952, AAS 1952 (a. XXXXIV) pages 622-623.
