DRAMA POLITIKY A OTÁZKA SPOLEČNÉHO DOBRA PODLE GASTONA FESSARDA

• Authors: Baroš Jiří

Title variants

EN

Drama of politics and the question of the common Good according to Gaston Fessard

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the category of common good. This has led many scholars to re-appropriate the paradigmatic conceptualizations of common good in the long history of this concept. This paper deals with a sophisticated analysis of common good proposed by the French theologian Gaston Fessard, whose ideas strongly influenced not only the French debates about this concept, but also Jorge Maria Bergoglio´s thought. These two authors share an emphasis on the dynamic character of common good, which can only be ultimately achieved by relating it to the Infinite. Their vision of (political) reality is dialectical; they emphasize antinomies and tensions omnipresent in human life. In the first part of my article, I focus on Fessard’s thematization of the dramatic character of political life and the dynamics of the emergence of political authority, whose main aim is to mediate the common good. The second part is dedicated to a thorough analysis of Fessard’s distinction between the content and form of the common good. Particularly, I pay attention to his understanding of liberalism and human rights. In the end, I show the uniqueness as well as the relevance of his philosophical analysis to contemporary issues.

Keywords

EN

AUTHORITY; COMMON GOOD; CHURCH; GASTON FESSARD; HUMAN RIGHTS; STATE

• Publisher: Katolícka univerzita v Ružomberku, VERBUM – vydavateľstvo KU
• Journal: Verba Theologica. Teologický časopis
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 22
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 102 - 117

Contributors

author

Baroš Jiří

• Fakulta sociálních studií, Masarykova univerzita v Brně, Joštova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

DOI

https://doi.org/10.54937/vt.2023.22.2.102-117