Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 77 No. 4, 2007.
Review article
Values in Croatia between Declarative and Real Life
Josip Baloban
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article deals with fundamental human values in Croatia but in comparison to Europe. It deals in detail with values: marriage, family, democracy, trust, solidarity, respect of authority, natural life style, money and material proprietary, belonging to volunteer organisations, work, responsibility ...
The author refers to the »European Values Study« conducted in Croatia and shows that Croats and Europeans are similar with regard to certain values but differences do exist. Learning about values begins in the family and continues in school and church. There are other important institutions in society above all public relations media that need to positively participate in presenting and mediating in certain values. The discrepancy between declarative and real life in regard to values are caused by the way of life and man's fragility. Promoting fundamental and specific confessional values is not a restoration of the past but a sure path into the future.
Keywords
man; values; family; society; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
22536
URI
Publication date:
25.2.2008.
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