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WORK AS SUCH - The social teaching of the Church on human work

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Title:

WORK AS SUCH - The social teaching of the Church on human work

Author(s):

Giuseppe Gaburro, Giancarlo Cressotti

Journal:

International Journal of Social Economics

Year:

1998

Volume:

25

Issue:

11/12

Page:

1618 - 1639


ISSN:

0306-8293


DOI:

10.1108/03068299810233259

Publisher:

MCB UP Ltd

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Abstract:

Traditionally, one of the most central themes of the social teaching of the Church has been the ethical value of the human person as a creature endowed with an original personality. As a person, man works for a particular purpose, in a pragmatic and rational way, with the ability to decide for himself and to achieve fulfilment. For this reason, work is conceived as an essential element of the person, and needs to be performed in freedom. Our principal source will be the social teaching of John Paul II, and in particular his encyclical Laborem Exercens, since this devotes special attention to the issue of human work. Indeed the focus of this encyclical is human work, that is, the individual who achieves fulfilment in his work. It is man himself who gives his work sense and meaning. By working he fulfils his vocation and his very being. Therefore man’s work is “both a destiny and a calling, but above all, work is for man, not man for work” (Laborem Exercens, No. 6). In other words, man’s duty is to work, not only in order to produce and possess, but to achieve fulfilment.

Keywords:

Religion, Social economics, Social responsibility, Work


Article Type:

Research paper


Article URL:

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/03068299810233259

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