Etički pogled na demokraciju Karola Wojtyle ; An ethical view of Karol Wojtyl's democracy
Nakana je ovog rada predstaviti etički pogled na demokraciju Karola Wojtyle - pape Ivana Pavla II. kao aktualan i značajan doprinos obrani demokracije na njenim izvorima. Budući da govor o demokraciji pretpostavlja govor o čovjeku ponajprije se osvjetljuje Wojtylin personalizam kao ishodište za promišljanje smisla demokracije. Wojtylin filozofijski prinos promišljanju smisla demokracije prepoznaje se već u odlučnoj kritici antipersonalistickih koncepcija koje leže u temelju individualizma i kolektivizma, u njegovoj razradi načela "sudjelovanja" kao autentičnog temelja ljudske zajednice, u personalističkoj i teleološkoj koncepciji "zajedničkog dobra", a posebice u isticanju temeljnih načela i fundamentalnih vrijednosti (istine o čovjeku, ispravno shvaćene slobode), bez kojih nije moguće izgraditi autentičnu demokraciju. ; The purpose of this article is to present the ethical view of democracy held by Karol Wojtyle – pope John Paul II, as a relevant and significant contribution to the defense of democracy at its sources. Since the discourse of democracy presupposes a discourse on man, the first step the article takes is to illuminate Wojtyl's personalism as the point of departure for reflecting upon the sense of democracy. Woytyl's philosophical contribution to reflecting upon the sense of democracy canalready be recognized in his decisive critique of the anti-personalist conceptions which are at the base of individualism and collectivism, in his elaboration of the principle of "participation" as an authentic foundation of the human community, in his personalist and theological conception of the "common good" and especially in the emphasis he places on the fundamental principles and fundamental values (the truth concerning man, properly conceived freedom) without which it is impossible to build an authentic democracy.