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The dialog that has been conducted for a few years between a group of Christian social thinkers and economists on moral aspects of economic activity has led to the creation of a new science discipline called economic personalism. On the one hand it stipulates the need to express economic processes within ethical categories, on the other hand it perceives the necessity to elaborate a strong economic theory. Economic personalists refer to the works of those thinkers who returned to the basic economic inspiration as a field belonging predominantly to moral philosophy. This school is sometimes called the Austrian School or the School of Classical Liberalism. A significant role in the economic personalism development was performed by its forerunners who noticed what was lacking in the previous interpretations of Catholic social thought. Among the there are John Paul II, Michael Novak, Rocco Buttiglione and the Acton Institute. The intellectual sources of economic personalism are mainly related to concept of personalism developed in Poland. Its specific thesis, seen in the maxim that “each person ought to be affirmed for the sake of it itself” also relates to the economic life. Economic personalists formulate principles that are spokesmen in order to promote a free society built on virtues. They are expressed in the following way: pre-eminence of a human being: economy and human dignity; human capital: creation and creativity; dignity of human work: calling for enterprise, integral development of human being, manufacture and personalism, participation, economic common wealth, helpfulness, market restrictions; preferential option for the poor: solidarity and social equity.
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In this essay I would like to outline the Christian perspective on solving economic issues based on documents of the Catholic Church. The term ‘economic personalism’ appeared in literature several years ago and has been used as a proposal of a new economic model which is supposed to be a synthesis of achievements of economic sciences and Christian moral theology. Pope John Paul II is believed to be one of its precursors or even founding-fathers. We shall sum up these significant elements of papal personalism under the following heads: (1) A man is a person, namely an independent existence in material and personal, spiritual and material sense, rational and free. All these characteristics of a human being constitute a basis for his dignity and greatness; (2) A man is a free being. This means that he has to make choices between various values. Human freedom is closely related to the truth. The final objective of human freedom is love; (3) We can protect ourselves against alienation by acting and being together with others. We will avoid the danger of alienation when we make ourselves a gift for the other person and especially for God. Economic personalism develops John Paul II’s personalistic view in a creative way. Its program can be summarized by the following theses: (1) a man is the centre of economy; (2) a human being is the most important economic good; (3) work is part of the man’s calling; (4) reproducibility of goods is subordinated to the man’s integral development; (5) the right to participate constitutes inalienable human right; (6) the principle of subsidiary is an „intellectual” frame for social and economic order; (7) the market should not be absolutized; (8) solidarity with the poor and social justice constitute a basis of each economy.
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Społeczna gospodarka rynkowa stanowi konstytucyjną podstawę ustroju gospodarczego Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej, a także fundament ładu Unii Europejskiej. Powoduje to konieczność wypracowania na gruncie teoretycznym kształtu tego modelu, aby był on dostosowany do realiów gospodarczych zarówno polskich, jak i europejskich. W literaturze przedmiotu pojawiają się postulaty wskazujące na zasadność wykorzystania do tego celu na gruncie polskim założeń personalizmu ekonomicznego. Treść artykułu dotyczy porównania na płaszczyźnie teoretycznej obu doktryn i próby odpowiedzi na pytanie o możliwość ich połączenia na gruncie polityki gospodarczej. Do analizy wykorzystano metodę komparatystyki ekonomicznej. Obszarem wspólnym obu doktryn jest wizja człowieka inspirowana filozofią chrześcijańską. Stanowi ona centralny punkt odniesienia w rozważaniu społeczno-ekonomicznych aspektów ludzkiego życia. Koncepcja społecznej gospodarki rynkowej u swoich podstaw stwarza dogodne warunki dla ludzkiego rozwoju i w ten sposób może przyczynić się do realizacji założeń personalizmu ekonomicznego. Ważną kwestią pozostaje jednak rozwijanie fundamentów personalizmu ekonomicznego od strony teorii ekonomii tak, by jego zalecenia w zakresie polityki gospodarczej odpowiadały wymogom współczesnej gospodarki.
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The social market economy constitutes the base of the economic system of the Republic of Poland, as well as the foundation of the order of the European Union. This results in the need to develop on the basis of the theoretical shape of the model so that it is adapted to the economic realities of both Polish and European. In the literature there are proposals indicating the legitimacy of the use for this purpose on the basis of assumptions of Polish economic personalism. The article concerns the comparison of theoretically both doctrines and attempt to answer the question about the possibility of using them on the basis of economic policy. A method of the economic comparative study was used for analysis. Common area of both doctrines is the vision of man inspired by Christian philosophy. It is a central point of reference in considering the socio-economic aspects of human life. The concept of the social market economy in their foundation creates favorable conditions for human development, and thus can contribute to the objectives of economic personalism. An important question, however, remains to develop the foundations of economic personalism from the economic theory so that its recommendations for the economic policies meet the requirements of the contemporary economy.
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