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At his General Audience on Wednesday, 15 December 1999, Pope John Paul II completed his series of catecheses by observing that a civilization of love “is based on recognition of the universal sovereignty of God the Father, the inexhaustible source of love.”
In creating the civilization of love, the Pope John Paul II noticed that society is in crisis, finding its manifestation in the lack of respect towards human life, which is why he unceasingly...
Three claims about love and justice cannot be simultaneously true and therefore entail a paradox: (1) Love is a matter of justice. (2) There cannot be a duty to love. (3) All matters of justice are matters of duty. The first claim is more controversial.
- Anca Gheaus
- 2017
Kierkegaard was especially aggrieved by how his contemporaries had replaced the Christian-inspired emphasis on forgiveness with the pursuit of something that feels a great deal more objective, hard-edged and rational: justice. The pursuers of justice want to give everyone what they actually deserve.
Sep 10, 2020 · Pope Francis stressed on the need to build a “civilization of love,” which he said goes beyond personal relationships, to address the impact of the global health crisis. “A virus that does not recognize barriers, borders, or cultural or political distinctions must be faced with a love without barriers, borders, or distinctions,” said ...
Love is not an alternative to involvement in the struggle for the rough justice of the world, but the love revealed in the Gospel leads to a distinctive view of the problem of justice. That view does not separate love and justice.
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Although Baldwin emphasized the importance of exposing hypocrisy, he does not appear to have believed such exposure would be enough to secure justice. Nor did Baldwin believe appeals to Christian love sufficient to dissolve the gap between professed beliefs and the reality of racial oppression.
