Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 91 No. 3, 2021.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.53745/bs.91.3.5
The Moral Challenges and Demands of Crises. An Overview of Results of the Questionnaire on Attitudes and Opinions of Young People During Pandemics of COVID‑19 Illness in Croatia
Martina s. Ana Begić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9863-5474
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Miriam Mary Brgles
orcid.org/0000-0001-5786-393X
; Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The purpose of human life is found in each human activity through which the human being is trying to fulfill his/her life, i.e., to give it some purpose and goal: the search for wealth, pleasure, occupation, love, science, politics, etc. The human being who is without a goal and without hope in its achievement is exposing himself/herself to the biggest human problem: the problem of loss of meaning. Faced with the loss of meaning, he/ she falls into a state of crisis and suffering. The moral challenge for the human being is the search for the true meaning of life, while moral theology can help the human being who is looking for an answer to the question of meaning and about the ultimate end of the human life. The article discusses the issue of suffering and pain in relation to the moral point of view. In order to include the perspective of the sociology of morals, the article also presents the results of the questionnaire carried out on the voluntary sample of students and young people (between the ages of 18 to 35) in Croatia. The aim is to find the answer, on the basis of the results of the questionnaire, to the question on which moral challenges and demands has the situation caused by the pandemics of COVID‑19 illness raised for the everyday life of interviewees.
Keywords
crisis; suffering; pain; COVID‑19; meaning of life; questionnaire.
Hrčak ID:
273598
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Publication date:
2.2.2022.
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