Freedom, True and Morality in Politics and in International Relations

• Authors: Andrzej Kurnicki

Title variants

PL

Wolność, prawda i moralność w polityce i stosunkach międzynarodowych

Abstracts

PL

Stany Zjednoczone są republiką, której obywatele cieszą się dynamicznym systemem politycznym, silną tradycją rządów prawa, silną wolnością słowa i przekonań religijnych oraz szerokim zakresem innych swobód obywatelskich. Pierwsza Poprawka do Konstytucji Stanów Zjednoczonych uniemożliwia rządowi uchwalanie praw, które: regulują ustanawianie religii; zakazują swobodnego praktykowania religii; ograniczają wolność słowa, wolność prasy, wolność zgromadzeń lub prawa do składania petycji do rządu o zadośćuczynienie za krzywdy. W globalnej polityce, środowisku akademickim i dyplomacji wzrasta akceptacja tendencji hegemonów do dominacji nad najważniejszymi aspektami globalnej władzy. Wolność i standardy moralne są raczej postrzegane jako balast polityczny, ponieważ człowiek z natury, a w szczególności państwa, mają bezkompromisowe pragnienie władzy i promują własny interes. Kryzys wolności w XXI wieku leży u podstaw kryzysu prawdy. W pojęciowo współczesnym świecie głos Jana Pawła II wyraźnie ukazywał nierozerwalny związek między wolnością a prawdą. Filozofia wolności papieża jest sprzeczna z koncepcją wolności od wartości, tak rozpowszechnioną we współczesnej kulturze, zwłaszcza w USA.

EN

The United States is a federal republic whose citizens enjoy a dynamic political system, a strong tradition of the rule of law, robust freedom of speech and religious belief, and a wide range of other civil liberties. The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prevents the government from enacting laws that: govern the establishment of religion; prohibit the free exercise of religion; restriction of freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly. There is a growing tendency in global politics, academia and in diplomacy to accept hegemon state status and tendency to dominate all-important aspect of global power. The freedom and moral standards are rather viewing as a political ballast because man by nature and the states in particularly has a boundless wish for unrestricted power and to promote self-national interest regardless of international law, custom, culture or tradition. The XXI century crisis of freedom is at the root of the crisis of truth. In the conceptually contemporary world, John Paul II's voice clearly showed the inseparable link between freedom and truth. Pope philosophy of freedom is contrary to the concept of freedom from values, so widespread in contemporary culture, especially in the USA.

Keywords

EN

freedom; morality; true; John Paul II; realism; natural law

PL

wolność; moralność; prawda; Jan Paweł II; realizm; prawo naturalne

• Publisher: Gdańskie Seminarium Duchowne, Kuria Metropolitalna Gdańska
• Journal: Studia Gdańskie
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 53
• Pages: 145-154

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Andrzej Kurnicki

• Hult International Business School, San Francisco

• https://orcid.org/0009000477295262

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26142/stgd-2023-022

Biblioteka Nauki

24024779