Kvantitatívna prítomnosť prvkov vše obecného dobra v posolstvách k svetovému dňu mieru Prečítať

THE QUANTITATIVE OCCURRENCE OF THE COMMON GOOD ELEMENTS IN THE MESSAGES FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE

Jana Hovorková

***

Politické vedy, Volume 19, Number 2/2016, pages 155-176

Odporúčaná forma citácie článku / Recommended form for quotation of the article:

HOVORKOVÁ, J. 2016 The Quantitative Occurrence of the Common Good Elements in the Messages for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace. In Politické vedy. [online]. Roč. 19 č. 2, 2016. ISSN 1335-2741, s. 155-176. Dostupné na <http://www.politickevedy.fpvmv.umb.sk/archiv vydani/2016/2 2016janahovorkova.html

ABSTRACT

Although linguistic outputs, i.e. texts, speeches etc., are a part of the toolbox the Catholic Church, the Pope included, uses to forward its value paradigm, little academic attention has been paid to them. Hence, the occurrence of the common good was investigated in the Messages for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace as the common good is considered a part of the Catholic value paradigm; it consists of the following elements: first, respect for the person as such; second, social well being and development; third, peace. The research drew upon these three elements and employed the content analysis of the Messages for the Celebration of the World Day of Peace issued by the Pope on the occasion of the World Day of Peace on January 1 from 1968 onwards. The quantitative occurrence of the common good constitutive elements from 1968 to 2016, i.e. during the pontificates of Paul VI, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis, revealed an internal development of the common good: the initial decisive orientation of the Messages on peace shifted in favour of the so called social elements, i.e. of respect for the person and soc ial well being and development, with the passage of time. One may claim the presence of the common good elements reflects the situation in the international relations.

Key words: Catholicism, Message for the World Day of Peace, Pope, common good, respect for the person, social well being and development, peace, content analysis