Important Conclusions in Centesimus Annus
The encyclical letter Centesimus Annus, was written on
the one hundredth anniversary of Pope Leo XIII encyclical
letter Rerum Novarum. Centesimus Annus was written to honor
Rerum Novarum, but to also honor the encyclicals and
documents that helped Rerum Novarum become such an important
part of history. Pope John Paul II writes that the purposes
of Centesimus Annus are to look back at Rerum Novarum, to
look at the new things that surround us, and to look to the
future for it is hard to tell what will happen in the next
millennium. Centesimus Annus has many very important points
and the Pope concludes them with lots of different reasons
on why they are so significant. Over the next few pages I
will give the three most important conclusions, do the best
to my knowledge to try and give reasons that the pope gives
to support his claims. The three conclusions range from how
a business can be successful, to the roles that businesses
have their countries to grow, and to government, businesses
and society's role in human growth.
The first of the three important conclusions that the
pope draws upon starts with the assumption that profit is
the goal of every business and that a business is successful
if they make a profit. This is true, but according to the
pope in Centesimus Annus, the business will be truly
successful if they place more emphasis on the following
topics: placing more stress on worker to worker relations,
the dignity of work, and the developing of skills as well as
virtue. The pope first stresses his argument in section 35
saying " It is possible for the financial accounts to be in
order a yet for the people, who make up the firms most
valuable asset, to be humiliated... the purpose of a
business firm is not simply to make profit, but is to be
found in it's very existence as a community of persons."
This restates his conclusion, saying that of course the
purpose is to make a profit, but the workers must all be
able to work together and be paid well, and not have their
dignity revoked.
When people work, it is somewhat of a way of expressing
themselves, showing their gifts and talents while working
together with other people. This is one of the reasons why
the dignity of work is so important in this world, as the
pope says in part 6, " Work thus belongs to the vocation of
every person; indeed, man expresses and fulfills himself by
working. At the same time work has a social dimension
This paper focuses mainly on the sincereity as well as the passion with which we do our job. Human body is a very sophisticated machine created by God himself. It can do all sorts of things but there are a few things at which the human body gets very perfect.And that perfectness comes from practice, devotion,love,sincerity and responsibility towards that particular thing. Let me associate the word "thing" in the previous sentence as working. Working for living. Reason I chose to write on this topic was that the Poem " Singapore" written by author Mary Oliver that I read in the book by John Schilb and John Clifford influenced me alot. The Poem narrates the life of a woman which works on an aeroplane and is cleaning teh restrooms which are very dirty. She visually and physically finds the job dirty. But while cleaning that restrooms she sees it in her own world.She finds her hands working in pleasure as she is wondering the scenes of rivers. She realises the truth of life that she has to work to earn her living.
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"Behold this Oedipus, --/ him who knew the famous riddles and was a man most masterful;/ not a citizen who did not look with envy on his lot-- see him now and see the breakers of misfortune swallow him!" (Oedipus the King, 1524-1527). Now that Oedipus has lost everything-- his wife, mother, kingdom, and all power-- his existence rests entirely on the aid of his two daughters. However, that dependence is not evenly distributed between Antigone and Ismene. Even though both daughters provide assistance to Oedipus, the relationship that Oedipus has with Ismene is weaker in comparison to the firm and unwavering relationship that he has with Antigone.
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"You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you
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