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00 COVER_ok.qxd:Layout 1 15-05-2007 13:02 Pagina 1 P.A.S.S. THE PONTIFICAL I am particularly pleased that the ACADEMY OF Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences SOCIAL SCIENCES has chosen ‘the concept of the person in social sciences’ as the subject to be The name person comes from personate because in Acta Conceptualization examined this year. The human person is the tragedies and comedies the actors wore a mask to Acta at the heart of the whole social order and represent the person whose deeds they were singing. consequently at the very centre of your 11 of the Person field of study. In the words of Saint Sumptum est nomen personae a personando, eo quod 11 Thomas Aquinas, the human person ‘sig- in tragoediis et comoediis recitatores sibi ponebant in Social Sciences nifies what is most perfect in nature’ quamdam Larvam ad repraesentandum illum cujus (S.Th., I, 29, 3). Human beings are part gesta narrabant decantando. of nature and, yet, as free subjects who Edited by have moral and spiritual values, they transcend nature. This anthropological (St. Thomas Aquinas, In I Sent., d. 23, q. 1, a. 1) EDMOND MALINVAUD reality is an integral part of Christian of the Person in Social Sciences MARY ANN GLENDON thought, and responds directly to the attempts to abolish the boundary between human sciences and natural sciences, often proposed in contempo- rary society. Conceptualization Understood correctly, this reality offers a profound answer to the ques- tions posed today concerning the status of the human being. This is a theme which must continue to be part of the dialogue with science. The Church’s teaching is based on the fact that God created man and woman in his own image and likeness and granted them a superior dignity and a shared mission towards the whole of creation (cf. Gen 1 and 2). ... It is providential that we are dis- cussing the subject of the person as we pay particular honour to my venerable predecessor, Pope John Paul II. In a way, his undisputed contribution to Christian thought can be understood as a pro- found meditation on the person. He enriched and expanded the concept in his Encyclicals and other writings. Front cover: Pirro Ligorio, 1561, These texts represent a patrimony to be Muses and Masks, received, collected and assimilated with Loggia of the Casina Pio IV care, particularly by the Pontifical Acad- emies. SCIE IA NT M IA The Proceedings of the Eleventh Plenary Session E R D V (Benedict XVI, Address to the Members A M of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences C S of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences A O A C I and the Pontifical Academy of Social I C 18-22 NOVEMBER 2005 A I L F Sciences, 21 November 2005) I I V T M N O P VATICAN CITY MMVI 2006 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE PERSON IN SOCIAL SCIENCES Address The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences Casina Pio IV, 00120 Vatican City Tel: +39 0669881441 Fax: +39 0669885218 E-mail: [email protected] THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Acta 11 CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE PERSON IN SOCIAL SCIENCES the PROCEEDINGS of the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences 18-22 November 2005 IA SCIEN M T E IA D R A V C M A S A O I C C I I A F I L T I V N M O P VATICAN CITY 2006 The opinions expressed with absolute freedom during the presentation of the papers of this meeting, although published by the Academy, represent only the points of view of the participants and not those of the Academy. Editors of the Proceedings: Prof. EDMOND MALINVAUD Prof. MARY ANN GLENDON ISBN 88-86726-18-X © Copyright 2006 THE PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, Casina Pio IV Pope Benedict XVI and the President in the Chapel of Casina Pio IV, 21 Nov. 2005 President Mary Ann Glendon addresses the Holy Father Benedict XVI, 21 Nov. 2005 The Holy Father Benedict XVI addresses the Participants, 21 Nov. 2005 The Holy Father Benedict XVI and the Chancellor H.E. Msgr. Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, 21 Nov. 2005 Some Participants at the Eleventh Plenary Session, 21 Nov. 2005 Professor Margaret Archer presents her paper, 19 Nov. 2005 CONTENTS Address of the President to the Holy Father........................................... XVII Address of Benedict XVI to the Members of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences........................................................................................ XIX Report of the President ........................................................................... XXI Preface (Edmond Malinvaud)................................................................ XXVI Programme of the Eleventh Plenary Session.......................................... XXVII List of Participants ................................................................................. XXX SCIENTIFIC PAPERS L’objet de la Session Edmond Malinvaud ............................................................................... 3 PART I – THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND Antropologia Cristiana Angelo Card. Scola................................................................................. 7 Comment: Sur ‘Anthropologie chrétienne’ de Angelo Card. Scola Edmond Malinvaud ........................................................................... 25 Un premier essai d’anthropologie chrétienne: Tertullien Archbishop Roland Minnerath ............................................................. 33 The Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla Has Two Main Features Rocco Buttiglione .................................................................................. 44 Comments: Msgr. Michel Schooyans.................................................................... 54 XIV CONTENTS The Human Person Conceptualized by John Paul II as a ‘Bridge Builder’ (Ponti-Fex) Jerzy Zubrzycki.................................................................................. 61 The Classical Notion of the Person in Today’s Philosophical Debate Enrico Berti............................................................................................ 63 Comment: Vittorio Possenti................................................................................. 78 A Reflection on the Eastern Concept of the Human Person – Highlighting Some Elements of Hindu and Taoist Worldviews Mina M. Ramirez....................................................................................... 95 PART II – LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Conceptualization of the Person in American Law Mary Ann Glendon ................................................................................ 103 Comment: The Concept of the Human Person in Anglo-American Law Nicholas McNally............................................................................... 117 Menaces sur la personne Georges Card. Cottier ............................................................................... 122 Die Idee der Menschenwürde als Mitte der modernen Verfassungsstaaten Paul Kirchhof......................................................................................... 140 Comments: Human Dignity in the Social Doctrine of the Church and the Context of International Law Krzystzof Skubiszewski......................................................................... 162 The Great Human Rights Spectacle: On Politicized Law and Juridified Politics in Europe Janne Matlary .................................................................................... 170 Dal diritto romano al diritto europeo Francesco P. Casavola............................................................................ 189 Comment: Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli.............................................................. 200 CONTENTS XV The Human Person in Theravada Buddhism and Islam: Implications for Governance in Southeast Asia Wilfrido V. Villacorta ................................................................................. 209 Die Menschenwürde im öffentlichen Recht und in der politischen Wissenschaft Herbert Schambeck ............................................................................... 235 PART III – SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY Persons and Ultimate Concerns: Who We Are is What We Care About Margaret S. Archer ................................................................................ 261 Comment: Understanding the Human Person as a Relational Subject: An ‘After’- Modern Paradigm for the Social Sciences (or: The ‘Economy’ of Human Persons Lies on Their Ultimate Concerns) Pierpaolo Donati ................................................................................ 284 Positioning Theory and Moral Structure of Close Encounters Rom Harré ............................................................................................. 296 Comment: The Concept of the Person as the Gift of Society Margaret S. Archer ............................................................................ 313 What Makes Us Tick? Interest, Passion and Reason Jon Elster................................................................................................ 323 Comment: Paulus Zulu ........................................................................................ 337 Persons: Points of Condensation in a Sea of Living Interactions John Shotter........................................................................................... 340 Comments: Jerzy Zubrzycki.................................................................................. 357 Pedro Morandé .................................................................................. 360 XVI CONTENTS PART IV – ECONOMICS The Human