RIGHT TO LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL REFLECTIONS AND THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH Cover Image

PRAVO NA ŽIVOT U SUVREMENIM ETIČKIM PROMIŠLJANJIMA I U SOCIJALNOM NAUKU CRKVE
RIGHT TO LIFE IN CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL REFLECTIONS AND THE SOCIAL DOCTRINE OF THE CHURCH

Author(s): Vjekoslav Janković, Miljenko Aničić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu
Keywords: human rights; right to life; liberalism; utilitarianism; relativism; Church; social doctrine; abortion; euthanasia;

Summary/Abstract: In spite of the unresolved issues and the ambivalence about the advances in technology and science, modern time can still be admired for its positive developments made to the benefit of an individual, the society and the entire mankind. One of its major achievements is the Human Rights Code. Human rights cover all the spheres of both private and social life, making them more humane. The development of modern democratic societies would be completely impossible without these rights. On the other hand, this is the area with many open issues. Not only are human rights violated without repercussions in many countries, but there are also some difficulties in their interpretation and understanding. Value systems differ from culture to culture, from one country to another; certain pluralist societies comprise various, which results in different understandings and interpretations of human rights.

  • Issue Year: 19/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 215-249
  • Page Count: 35
  • Language: Croatian