Remarks on the position of John Paul II to the capital punishment

• Authors: Jan Mazur

Title variants

PL

Uwagi o stanowisku Jana Pawła II wobec kary śmierci

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Capital punishment is a specific issue of great importance to be perceived in the context of the powers of the democratic constitutional state. The point is about a clear answer to the question about whether from the ethical point of view the state has the right to inflict capital punishment. A discussion about this issue is not an easy one. Relevant fragments of the latest catholic catechism approved by John Paul II shed a lot of valuable light on the issue of capital punishment.

Keywords

EN

capital punishment; human dignity; right to self-defense; right to life; church teaching

PL

kara śmierci; godność osoby ludzkiej; prawo do obrony własnej; prawo do życia; nauczanie kościelne

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL
• Journal: Roczniki Nauk Społecznych
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 4(40)
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 193-198

Contributors

author

Jan Mazur

• Uniwersytet Papieski Jana Pawła II, Katedra Polityki Społecznej