The Analysis of Value-Free or Value-Ladenness of Work in the Light of Catholic Social Teaching of John Paul II

• Authors: Ikechukwu S. Ugwu

Abstracts

EN

This article presents the metaphysical study of work. Based on this understanding, the author makes a comparative analysis of the dilemma: whether human work is value-free or value-laden in realizing the fundamental purpose of work, and proper understanding of personhood. It compares absolute value in the epistemic value of the person with economic value as what people experience at work. It also investigates which of these values in the contemporary approach to work realizes the fundamental goal of work and personhood. The author aligns with John Paul II’s Social Reflection on value of work in relation to human person, and discovers that value-ladenness of work realizes both the purpose of work and self-determination.

Keywords

EN

value; work; value-freedom; value-ladenness; personhood; self-determination

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne Adalbertinum
• Journal: Studia Ełckie
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 25
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 209-224

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Ikechukwu S. Ugwu

• The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000000255485880

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Identifiers

DOI

10.32090/SE.250211

Biblioteka Nauki

20438179