Democracy, society and truth: an exploration of Catholic social teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-280
Author(s):  
Luke Bretherton
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The State ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Proper Understanding ◽  
Political Conception ◽  
The Church

AbstractThis article maintains that modern Catholic social teaching took shape by positioning itself between revolutionary ideologies that sought to destroy the church and reactionary forces that sought to instrumentalise it. Among the factors that contributed to this development were the emergence of a theologyical and socio-political conception of the laity, reflection on the question of how humans participate in Christ's rule, the development of a consociational vision of sovereignty in distinction from top-down or monistic views, the importance of labour to a proper understanding of human dignity, and the discovery of ‘society’, as distinct from the market and the state. Appreciation of these factors resulted in the magisterial defence of democratic politics as a necessary condition for telling the truth about what it means to be human.

Theology as Work: The Mandatum and the Rights of Labor

Horizons ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-134
Author(s):  
Patrick T. McCormick
Keyword(s):  
Academic Freedom ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Church ◽  
Safe Working

ABSTRACTMany oppose the mandatum as a threat to the academic freedom of Catholic scholars and the autonomy and credibility of Catholic universities. But the imposition of this juridical bond on working theologians is also in tension with Catholic Social Teaching on the rights and dignity of labor. Work is the labor necessary to earn our daily bread. But it is also the vocation by which we realize ourselves as persons and the profession through which we contribute to the common good. Thus, along with the right to a just wage and safe working conditions, Catholic Social Teaching defends workers' rights to a full partnership in the enterprise, and calls upon the church to be a model of participation and cooperation. The imposition of the mandatum fails to live up to this standard and threatens the jobs and vocations of theologians while undermining this profession's contribution to the church.

Catholic Social Teaching and Human Trafficking in War and Natural Disasters

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-331
Author(s):  
Joe Evans ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Theological Foundation ◽  
The Church

This essay examines Catholic social teaching in the context of human trafficking in South Asia during armed conflict and natural disasters. Using a see-judge-act framework to construct the argument, this paper is focused on finding ways to narrow the gaps in these efforts. The gaps occur horizontally when individual issues become isolated from a larger effort, failing to recognize that many challenges are symptoms of a larger problem. The gaps also occur vertically, with the divide between theory and practice. The Church, including religious and lay actors, can diminish the threat and damage from human trafficking through a comprehensive implementation of Catholic social teaching that has a theological foundation and is conscious of the relevant cultural factors.

scholarly journals Pope Francis and Catholic Healthcare Ethics

2019 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 186-201
Author(s):  
Cathleen Kaveny
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Healthcare Ethics ◽  
Field Hospital ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Third ◽  
Catholic Healthcare ◽  
The Church

This article examines the influence of Pope Francis on Catholic healthcare ethics. The first section offers an analytical summary of his ethics. The second section reviews a “Franciscan” approach to Catholic healthcare ethics, which situates that field within the broader context of Catholic social teaching. The third section analyzes the implications of three of Francis’s most powerful metaphors: his injunction to “go to the peripheries”; his contrast between a throwaway culture and a culture of encounter; and his comparison of the church to a field hospital.

Sprawiedliwość społeczna – człowiek i wspólnota w świetle prawa i społecznej nauki Kościoła

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana Chauvin
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Legal Interpretation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Legal Language ◽  
Christian Morality ◽  
Legal Principle

The purpose of the article is to analyze the principle of social justice regualted by the Polish constitution as a category of legal language, the legal principle and the principle on which Catholic social teaching is built. Both in the opinion of the doctrine and the jurisprudence, clear references to claims in the field of Christian morality are visible. A man as a person (according to UDHR - All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights) should be supported by the community, including the state, especially if it belongs to the category of weaker or excluded entities. At the same time, however, as a member of this community he must adopt an active attitude, acting for the benefit of others. Catholic social teaching perfectly complements legal interpretation with a coherent axiological aspect.

scholarly journals On Pediatric Vaccines and Catholic Social Teaching

Horizons ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-316
Author(s):  
Conor M. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Ordinary Life ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
The Common ◽  
Pediatric Vaccines ◽  
Medical Choice

Determining whether, and when, to get one's children vaccinated has become an increasingly controversial decision, often leaving parents fearful of making the “wrong” choice. Part of the challenge stems from the fact that what is rationally optimal for an individual is inherently at odds with the best outcome for the community, meaning that if everyone acted out of self-interest with respect to pediatric vaccines, communal health would suffer significantly. Given these tensions, the issue of pediatric vaccines benefits greatly from the nuanced assessment of Catholic social teaching. Specifically, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace's “four permanent principles” of human dignity, the common good, subsidiarity, and solidarity highlight the issues involved and help parents navigate this significant medical choice with a more informed conscience and a greater sense of their moral responsibilities. The end result is a fruitful alignment between Catholic social teaching and ethics in ordinary life.

Human Dignity and The Dignity of Work: Insights from Catholic Social Teaching

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 503-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejo José G. Sison ◽  
Ignacio Ferrero ◽  
Gregorio Guitián
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Catholic Social Teaching ◽  
Imago Dei ◽  
Social Teaching ◽  
Right To Work ◽  
The Right ◽  
Normative Perspective

ABSTRACT:What contributions could we expect from Catholic Social Teaching (CST) on human dignity in relation to the dignity of work? This article begins with an explanation of CST and its relevance for secular audiences. It then proceeds to identify the main features of human dignity based on the notion of imago Dei in CST. Next comes an analysis of the dignity of work in CST from which two normative principles are derived: the precedence of duties over rights and the priority of the subjective dimension of work over the objective dimension. Afterwards, the “right to work” and the “rights of workers” are engaged with from this normative perspective, particularly within the context of globalization.

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