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Drama politiky a otázka společného dobra podle Gastona Fessarda
| Title in English | The Drama of Politics and the Question of the Common Good according to Gaston Fessard |
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| Year of publication | 2023 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Verba Theologica |
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| Citation | |
| Web | článek - open access |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.54937/vt.2023.22.2.102-117 |
| Keywords | authority; the common good; Church; Gaston Fessard; human rights; state |
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| Description | In recent years, we have witnessed a growing interest in the category of the common good. This has led many scholars to reappropriate the paradigmatic conceptualizations of the common good in the long history of this concept. The paper deals with the sophisticated analysis of the common good proposed by the French theologian Gaston Fessard, whose ideas strongly influenced not only the French debates about this concept, but also Jorge Maria Bergoglio´s thought. These two authors share an emphasis on the dynamic character of the common good, which can only be ultimately achieved by relating it to the Infinite. Their vision of (political) reality is dialectical; they emphasize antinomies and tensions omnipresent in human life. In the first part of my article, I focus on Fessard’s thematization of the dramatic character of political life and the dynamics of the emergence of political authority, whose main aim is to mediate the common good. The second part is dedicated to a thorough analysis of Fessard’s distinction between the content and form of the common good. Particularly, I pay attention to his understanding of liberalism and human rights. In the end, I show the uniqueness as well as the relevance of his philosophical analysis to contemporary issues. |
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