Joseph Cardinal Höffner CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ... - Ordo Socialis

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE ENGLISH EDITION ................................................ 12
FOREWORD ......................................................................................................... 14
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 15
§ 1 The Concerns and the Concept of Christian Social Teaching .......................... 15
§ 2 Methods of Christian Social Teaching.............................................................. 16
PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS .......................................................................... 20
SECTION ONE: INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY ............................................ 20
Chapter one: The Social Nature of Man............................................................. 20
§ 1 Personality as the Foundation and the Presupposition of the Social
Nature of Man ................................................................................................... 20
§ 2 Proof of the Social Nature of man..................................................................... 22
§ 3 The Community-Building Powers of Man........................................................ 23
Chapter two: Community, Society, Loss of Individuality................................. 25
§ 1 Community and Society.................................................................................... 25
§ 2 Mass Society and the Loss of Indi33333viduality............................................ 26
SECTION TWO: THE PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL ORDER ......................... 28
Chapter one: The Solidarity Principle ................................................................ 28
§ 1 The meaning of the Principle of Solidarity....................................................... 28
§ 2 The Foundations of the Principle of Solidarity................................................. 29
Chapter two: The Common-Good Principle ...................................................... 29
§ 1 Priority of the Common Good over the Individual Interest.............................. 29
§ 2 Preservation of Personal Dignity ...................................................................... 31
§ 3 Authority ........................................................................................................... 32
Chapter three: The Subsidiarity Principle ......................................................... 33
§ 1 The Meaning of the Principle of Subsidiarity................................................... 33
§ 2 The Foundation of the Principle of Subsidiarity............................................... 34
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