O godności w polityce
Abstract
Looking for the link between dignity and politics, the author
quotes popular encyclopaedic definitions, which suggest that an
obvious aim of every political action is gaining or keeping power.
And since the aim of political authority should be serving the
general good, decisions made by politicians should be based on
values identifying the rights of individual citizens. The best protection
for these rights is respecting the natural law, however in
many countries binding regulations do not refer to this basic norm
directly. Therefore, dignity is not always treated as a fundamental
characteristic of every human being, though usually politics
assumes concern for citizens’ dignity, their decent life etc.
In Polish political experiences of the second half of the 20th
century the principle of solidarity had an important position, as
the opposite of the principle of class hatred (class struggle) the
communists subscribed to. Solidarity, chosen as the motto by
a huge social movement, was a protest against indecent living
conditions, and at the same time striving after practising decent
politics, i.e. honest and based on the truth.
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