The ecological outlook of human development: acts and values contained in “Caritas in Veritate”

This article is an approach – from what the author understands as ecological rationale– to the  encyclical letter “Caritas in Veritate”, understanding the ecological rationale as the holistic approach of human development. Such perspective has allowed Pope Benedict XVI to...

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Autor: Orozco C., Richard
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.unife.edu.pe:article/217
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unife.edu.pe/index.php/phainomenon/article/view/217
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Caritas in Veritate
Benedict XVI
fact-value
ethics and economics
moral subjectivism
ecology
ecological rationale
Benedicto XVI
hecho-valor
ética y economía
subjetivismo moral
ecología
racionalidad ecológica
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Sumario:This article is an approach – from what the author understands as ecological rationale– to the  encyclical letter “Caritas in Veritate”, understanding the ecological rationale as the holistic approach of human development. Such perspective has allowed Pope Benedict XVI to over come one basic dichotomy of the scientific and economic philosophy, namely, the fact-value dichotomy.  In his encyclical letter, the Pope criticizes the concept of development that the contemporary world seeks to impose, thus acknowledging that it finds its grounds on making a differentiation of human levels. The result is a moral crisis creeping into a world that achieves significant advances in science and economy, contradictions that clearly evidences the erroneous understanding of the dichotomy.