October is “Respect Life” Month, from the "Summa this, Summa that" blog a review why the dignity of the human person is the height of Catholic social thought. The post begins...
If we lined up all the major issues of Catholic social teaching and compared them to the Himalayas, the “dignity of the human person” would be Mount Everest… the most magnificent and tallest peak dwarfing the rest. All other social teachings fall under the shadow cast by the dignity of the human person. Not only that, but all other social actions gain their legitimacy from how well they affirm the dignity of the human person.
“Since something of the glory of God shines on the face of every person, the dignity of every person before God is the basis of the dignity of man before other men”.
If we lined up all the major issues of Catholic social teaching and compared them to the Himalayas, the “dignity of the human person” would be Mount Everest… the most magnificent and tallest peak dwarfing the rest. All other social teachings fall under the shadow cast by the dignity of the human person. Not only that, but all other social actions gain their legitimacy from how well they affirm the dignity of the human person.
“Since something of the glory of God shines on the face of every person, the dignity of every person before God is the basis of the dignity of man before other men”.
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