Human Dignity and the Common Good: The Institutional Insight

2017 ◽  
Vol 122 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth Goodpaster
Horizons ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-316
Author(s):  
Conor M. Kelly

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.


2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (319) ◽  
pp. 382-396
Author(s):  
Lúcia Maria Barbosa de Oliveira ◽  
Maria de Fátima da Nóbrega Torres

Em 2013, a Igreja católica publicou um documento intitulado A vocação do líder empresarial que busca motivar os líderes a se comprometerem com o mundo econômico e financeiro contemporâneo à luz dos princípios de dignidade humana e bem comum. O objetivo desse trabalho é destacar as semelhanças entre o conteúdo desse documento e a teoria da administração, no tocante à importância do líder humanizado. Para isso, tem como fonte principal o documento em questão, além de outros, que fazem referência direta ao tema. A análise desses documentos mostra uma consonância de ideias no que diz respeito às ações sugeridas para unir sucesso empresarial com expectativas de felicidade e realização dos funcionários. Abstract: In 2013, the Church Catholic published the document entitled. The vocation of the business leader, which motivates business leaders to commit themselves to the contemporary economic and financial world, in the light of the principles of human dignity and the common good. The objective of this work is to highlight the similarities between the content of this document, and the theory of the current administration on the importance of the humanized leader. In order to do this, the study use as main source the document in question and other that refer directly to the theme. The analysis of these documents shows a consonance of ideas regarding the actions suggested to unite business success with expectations of happiness and achievement of employees.


2020 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 203-224
Author(s):  
S. Stewart Braun

This article explains how Pope Francis’s economic views are both radical and practical. His views are practical in the sense that they are sensitive to social realities, not theoretical abstractions; and they are radical in the sense that they undermine traditional economic ideologies. To demonstrate these points, I show how Francis’s pronouncements are consistent with “economic democracy.” In economic democracy efforts are made to create a more equal dispersal of capital assets and the economy is more squarely oriented around fundamental human ends, including the common good, human dignity, equality and opportunity, meaningful work, ecological responsibility, and solidarity.


2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 107
Author(s):  
Marian Zdyb

<p>Certainly, it is essential, for the shaping of public order in a state, to establish the standards of good administration and axiological basis for the legal system of administrative law, both in the formal-legal and systemic aspect and the substantive-law domain. The basic role is played by legal designatations, such as: properly understood the principle of separation of powers, the principle of the rule of law, human dignity as an axiological basis and the categorical imperative in the sphere of understanding what good administration is, the meaning of the notion of the common good, proper distribution of prime factors of the relationship the common good – human dignity. Legal security and certainty of law, the elimination of inflation of law and the relativization of fundamental values of systemic significance form are also an important element underlying good administration. It is not possible to shape the system of good administration without a properly formed public service and without continuously building its ethos. The analysis of the foundations of good administration and its durability cannot boil down only to the procedural and legal aspects. Therefore, apart from pointing to the need to constantly address the issues of the principles and standards set out in Poland in the Code of Administrative Procedure and in the Code of Good Administrative Behaviour adopted on 6 September 2001 by the European Parliament, I have decided to present this issue in another paper, while focusing herein on the fundamental axiological values symbolizing good administration. An important place in this area is taken by the problem of the individual’s right to good administration, which is a consequence of recognising that the State has an obligation and responsibility to shape the optimal model of good administration and governance within the country.</p>


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