Postrzeganie pracy z perspektywy neoliberalizmu i katolicyzmu

Dariusz Pater

The Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University , Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-3695

Abstract

The liberal and Christian doctrine focuses on the material dimension of work. It points to the economic and moral dependencies, emphasizing the meaning of personal liberty and equality against the law. In societies based on the free play of market forces, the human work is looked on from the perspective of the logic of liberal morality, which says that anyone who does not have a substantial income is useless. Such a position violates the dignity of a person. Hence, the Gospel teaching is of great importance in restoring to a human being and one’s work the proper treatment, chiefly by the rules of solidarity, helpfulness and common good. The Church’s Magisterium puts a great emphasis on it by pointing to the duties of state against its citizens in economic fields as well as international structures. According to the Church’s social teachings liberty and dignity of a human being guarantee the possession of goods, constitute one’s right and social function. Also, work that possess its unitary and social dimension embraces at the same time both sides of human nature: corporeal – vital and spiritual – intellectual. From the Catholic point of view, a man in social structures is called to realize both worldly and eternal matters, work and is given the chance to fulfill oneself for the common good of human family.