Католицька Церква про джерела сучасної кризи цінностей

Abstract

Проаналізовано точку зору Католицької Церкви на стан та витоки сучасної кризи універсальних цінностей у плюралістичних суспільствах Західної Європи. На основі системного підходу, структурно-функціонального методу та контент-аналізу досліджено негативний вплив матеріалістичного, утилітарного світогляду на розвиток соціально-політичної дійсності та проблему гарантування та дотримання прав людини та її гідності. This particular research analyses the Catholic Church’s position on the sources of modern universal value crisis in pluralistic societies. It has been analysed the recognition of threats to human rights, which are fraught with modern materialistic society based on the principles of utilitarianism and commercialism. They were made on the basis of a systematic approach, structural-functional analysis method and content analysis. Within this context, there was given the review of postulates in which Catholic Church gives its understanding of human rights and dignity. Exploring the observance of human values in modern society and their references, we have analysed nine aspects that are the sources of the present crisis of values. At the same time, they are causing crisis depression, which by itself calls into question the very concept of justice. We analyse the interdependence of secularization and greediness as its consequence. Also we discover the greed approach to the interpretation of the concept of universal values. It is noted that the transfer of the religious dimension of every single human being in the plane of individual choice and exclusion of religious principle of social life is not conducive to respect universal values. Meanwhile, it denies the importance of the religious factor in the formation of modern European societies. Exploring the origins of stress in modern Europe and threats to the preservation of peace, there was done the analysis of four principles of human society arising from the Catholic Church postulates which had been proposed by Pope Francis. Those can become a versatile tool to overcome the negative effects of the current crisis of values.