Filozofska istraživanja, Vol. 31 No. 1, 2011.
Original scientific paper
Aspects of Philosophy of Globalization in the Encyclical Letter Caritas in veritate
Hrvoje Relja
; University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The latest encyclical letter by the Pope Benedict XVI Caritas in veritate, similar to the former encyclicals dedicated to social issues, is the most representative part of the Catholic social teaching which analyses current world issues in the light of Judeo-Christian Revelation and general principles of Christian philosophy.
This article has expounded the philosophical background of Roman Catholic social teaching and indicated metaphysical peculiarities of that philosophy which builds, as it is shown, the philosophical foundation of the encyclical Caritas in veritate. By analyzing the logic of Benedict’s philosophical discourse, which in that philosophical frame includes the principle of gratuitousness as the expression of human fraternity, we tried to show the contribution of Caritas in veritate encyclical letter to current philosophical thought about globalization.
Keywords
globalization; gratuitousness; encyclical letter; love in truth; Benedict XVI
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72742
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Publication date:
25.7.2011.
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