Human rights.The Pope also mentions the issue of ecology--"the destruction of the environment, its improper
adj. 1. Concerned chiefly or only with oneself: "Selfish men were . . . trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of human rights" Maria Weston Chapman. use, and the violent hoarding of the earth's resources (which) cause(s) conflicts and wars." On war, he re-iterates that "war in God's name is never acceptable!" The Pope then points to the source of today's difficulties. "A true and stable peace presupposes respect For human rights. Yet if these rights are grounded on a weak conception of the person, how can they Fail to be themselves weakened weak·en tr. & intr.v. weak·ened, weak·en·ing, weak·ens To make or become weak or weaker. weak  en·er n. ? Here we can see how pro-Foundly
insufficient is a relativistic rel·a·tiv·is·tic adj. 1. Of or relating to relativism. 2. Physics a. Of, relating to, or resulting from speeds approaching the speed of light: relativistic increase in mass. conception of the person when it comes to justifying and defending his rights. The difficulty in this case is clear: rights are proposed as absolute, yet the Foundation on which they are supposed to rest is merely relative." |
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