J. Maritain’s Concept of Natural Law and Integral Humanism: Educational Challenge

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

J. Maritain’s Concept of Natural Law and Integral Humanism: Educational Challenge

Original language description

Based on the analysis of texts by Jacques Maritain, Zuzana Svobodová’s article, entitled J. Maritain’s Concept of Natural Law and Integral Humanism: Educational Challenges, explores the concept of natural law and humanism of this French major thinker in order to inspire today’s education of the human being. The text is an analysis of Maritain’s works especially in the field of Political Philosophy (Integral Humanism and the Crisis of Modern Times, Christianity and Democracy, Man and the State, The Peasant of the Garonne: An Old Layman Questions himself about the Present Time), Philosophy of Education (Education at the Crossroads, Philosophy and Education, Education and the Humanities, Moral and Spiritual Values in Education, The Crucial Problem of the Education of the Human Being, Pour une philosophie de l’éducation), and Religious Philosophy (The Range of Reason, Religion and Culture). Using a specific and current example of an educational program in teaching Human Rights issues, Z. Svobodová shows that it is Maritain’s philosophy of education and his suggestions in education that can become an inspiration for today’s teachers and other workers in the helping professions, who seek to cultivate humanity, and for other people and professions as well. Jacques Maritain considered education as art, that is an activity, which is not the same as training animals. According to Maritain, the prime goal of education is bringing the individual person to freedom through knowledge and wisdom, good will, and love. The author also explores eventual deeper theoretical foundations of integration in upbringing and education, she inquires about the role of Christian teachers in today’s society and about the possibilities and limitations of Human Rights education. Based on the personalist tradition – in Maritain’s case this means following up especially on the works of Thomas Aquinas – and selected current educational documents the contribution shows actual best practice examples and gives suggestions to social pedagogues, educators, teachers and/or parents and others for their upbringing and education.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60302 - Ethics (except ethics related to specific subfields)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Caritas et Veritas

ISSN

1805-0948

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

21-30

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85065106249