JE MOŽNÉ ZACHRÁNIT PRINCIP SUBSIDIARITY?

• Authors: Roman Míčka

Title variants

EN

IS IT POSSIBLE TO SAVE THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY?

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

SUBSIDIARITY; CATHOLIC SOCIAL DOCTRINE; SOCIAL ENCYCLICALS; CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; EUROPEAN INTEGRATION; GLOBAL GOVERNMENT; FREEDOM

Discipline

• THEOLOGY: THEOLOGY
• POLITICAL_SCIENCES: POLITICAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: Palacky University, Cyrill-Method Theological Faculty, Olomouc, Czech Republic
• Journal: Studia theologica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 99–117

Contributors

author

Roman Míčka

• Studia theologica, redakce, Cyrilometodějská teologická fakulta Univerzity Palackého v Olomouci, Univerzitní 22, 771 11 Olomouc, Czech Republic, http://www.studiatheologica.eu