Izvorni znanstveni članak
Božo Milanović and the ethical implications of his political activity
Jasna Ćurković Nimac
Stipe Tadić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9151-4960
Stipan Trogrlić
Sažetak
This paper is about the ethics of political commitment of Božo Milanović presented are discussed in three parts. After the introduction the wherein authors write about Milanović’s autobiography and circumstances that infl uenced his decisions in life, first part talks about link between ethics and politics that motivated Milanović’s political engagement. The second part examines the thesis of St. Thomas Aquinas about the moral permissibility of rebellion against the authorities, in order to outline the theoretical background of Milanović’s political commitment. It is important to understand that Milanović’s national interests were represented not just by his “instinct for self-preservation, by awareness of his true faith in his fatherland and confidence in its resistive force,” but also that his political and strategic decisions were inspired by theoreticians of political philosophy. The third part analyses Milanović’s belief that for Croatians is better to adopt Yugoslavian communism than Italian Catholicism. This controversial and famous thesis will be discussed in the light of ”the principle of double effect”, where moral doctrine indicates that between two evils we must choose the better one.
Ključne riječi
ethics; politics; authorities; Božo Milanović; state; totalitarian regime
Hrčak ID:
111333
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Datum izdavanja:
29.11.2013.
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