An edition of Love and Responsibility (1960)

Love and responsibility

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An edition of Love and Responsibility (1960)

Love and responsibility

Rev. ed.
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Drawing from his own pastoral experience as a priest and bishop before he became Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla has produced a remarkably eloquent and resourceful defense of Catholic tradition in the sphere of family life and sexual morality. He writes in the conviction that science--biology, psychology, sociology--can provide valuable information on particular aspects of relations between the sexes, but that a full understanding can be obtained only by study of the human person as a whole. Central to his argument is the contrast between the personalistic and the utilitarian views of marriage and of sexual relations. The former views marriage as an interpersonal relationship, in which the well-being and self-realization of each partner are of overriding importance to the other. It is only within this framework that the full purpose of marriage can be realized. The alternative, utilitarian view, according to which a sexual partner is an object for use, holds no possibility of fulfillment and happiness. Wojtyla argues that divorce, artificial methods of birth control, adultery (pre-marital sex), and sexual perversions are all in various ways incompatible with the personalistic view of the sexual self-realization of the human person. Perhaps the most striking feature of the book is that Wojtyla appeals throughout to ordinary, human experience, logically examined. He draws support for his views on the proper gratification of sexual needs, on birth control, and on other matters, from the findings of physiologists and psychologists. His conclusions coincide with the traditional teachings of the Church, which invoke scriptural authority. His approach ensures that non-Christians also can consider his arguments on their own merits.

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Collins, Fount
Language
English
Pages
319

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Edition Notes

Originally published, London , Collins, 1981.

Includes index.

Translation of, Milosc i odpowiedzialnosc.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
241/.66
Library of Congress
HQ32, BJ1275

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Pagination
319p. ;
Number of pages
319

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14876752M
ISBN 10
0006261124
OCLC/WorldCat
16607413
Library Thing
33677
Goodreads
2274933

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