IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY? Cover Image

JE MOŽNÉ ZACHRÁNIT PRINCIP SUBSIDIARITY?
IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY?

Author(s): Roman Míčka
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Subsidiarity; Catholic Social Doctrine; Social Encyclicals; Catholic Social Thought; European Union; European Integration; Global Government; Freedom

Summary/Abstract: This article responds to critical notes in Vaclav Klaus’s book European Integration Without Illusions (2011) and attempts to outline the historical and content development of the concept of subsidiarity in the context of Catholic social doctrine. It describes its particular aspects and connections, ways of use in the tradition of the social encyclicals and in the area of Catholic social thought. The article comes to the conclusion that the concept of subsidiarity is a formal principle which is filled with a varied content. Its use in documents of the European Union and in discussions about European integration is therefore problematic. It also suggests the revitalization of this concept in the spirit of human freedom and human dignity and in the spirit of interpretations by John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

  • Issue Year: XIV/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 99-117
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Czech