Persons and Liberal Democracy: The Ethical and Political Thought of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II

by Edward Barrett

Fundamentally, Persons and Liberal Democracy is an explication and defense of classical liberalism. It explains the relatively recent shift in the Church's political theory and, in the process, defends what could be deemed a non-statist form of welfare liberalism. After an introduction, the first chapter contextualizes modern Catholic social thought, explaining how the shift to a nuanced endorsement of liberal economic and political thought was initiated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739121146
• ISBN13: 9780739121146
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"