Freedom and safety of an individual in the attitude of liberalism and christian social science

Abstract

The article deals with the freedom and safety of an individual under market conditions and ethical limits of market expression in the attitude of liberalism and Christian social science.Liberalism and Christian social teaching admits that market and its mechanism gives an individual and society an opportunity to fulfil their needs better, but differently estimates ethical limits of market expression. It is shown that in the attitude of Christian social teaching the goal of economic action is not only to create welfare for society and the individual but also to secure its safety. In its turn, creation of safety is associated with the necessity to overcome the single-acting dominance of economic values in the market society: ethic values by which economic action of the individual and society should be measured have to penetrate into economic space.

Parodoma, kad krikščioniškojo socialinio mokymo požiūriu ekonominio veikimo uždavinys yra ne tik sukurti visuomenės ir individo gerovę, bet ir užtikrinti jų saugą. Saugos kūrimas savo ruožtu neatsiejamas nuo būtinumo įveikti ekonominių vertybių vyravimo rinkos visuomenėje vienpusiškumą: į ekonomikos erdvę turi įsilieti etikos vertybės, kuriomis derėtų matuoti ekonominį individo ir visuomenės veikimą.