The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences







Conceptualization of the Person in Social Sciences (2005)

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Eleventh Plenary Session, 18-22 November 2005
Acta 11, eds E. Malinvaud and M.A. Glendon
Vatican City, 2006
pp. XXXV-511
ISBN 88-86726-18-X

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PART I – THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND

Antropologia Cristiana (PDF)
Angelo Card. Scola

Comment:
Sur 'Anthropologie chrétienne' de Angelo Card. Scola (PDF)
Edmond Malinvaud



Un premier essai d’anthropologie chrétienne: Tertullien (PDF)
Archbishop Roland Minnerath

The Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla Has Two Main Features (PDF)
Rocco Buttiglione

Comments:
- Comment on "The Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla Has Two Main Features"(PDF)
Msgr. Michel Schooyans
- The Human Person Conceptualized by John Paul II as a ‘Bridge Builder’ (Ponti-Fex) (PDF)
Jerzy Zubrzycki

The Classical Notion of the Person in Today’s Philosophical Debate (PDF)
Enrico Berti

Comment:
Comment on "The Classical Notion of the Person in Today's Philosophical Debate" (PDF)
Vittorio Possenti

A Reflection on the Eastern Concept of the Human Person – Highlighting Some Elements of Hindu and Taoist Worldviews (PDF)
Mina M. Ramirez

PART II – LAW AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Conceptualization of the Person in American Law (PDF)
Mary Ann Glendon

Comment:
The Concept of the Human Person in Anglo-American Law (PDF)
Nicholas McNally

Menaces sur la personne (PDF)
Georges Card. Cottier

Die Idee der Menschenwürde als Mitte der modernen Verfassungsstaaten(PDF)
Paul Kirchhof

Comments:
- Human Dignity in the Social Doctrine of the Church and the Context (PDF)
Krzystzof Skubiszewski
- The Great Human Rights Spectacle: On Politicized Law and Juridified Politics in Europe (PDF)
Janne Matlary

Dal diritto romano al diritto europeo (PDF)
Francesco P. Casavola

Comment:
Comment on "Dal diritto romano al diritto europeo" (PDF)
Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli

The Human Person in Theravada Buddhism and Islam: Implications for Governance in Southeast Asia (PDF)
Wilfrido V. Villacorta

Die Menschenwürde im öffentlichen Recht und in der politischen Wissenschaft (PDF)
Herbert Schambeck

PART III – SOCIOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY

Persons and Ultimate Concerns: Who We Are is What We Care About (PDF)
Margaret S. Archer

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) (PDF)
Pierpaolo Donati

Positioning Theory and Moral Structure of Close Encounters (PDF)
Rom Harré

Comment:
The Concept of the Person as the Gift of Society (PDF)
Margaret S. Archer

What Makes Us Tick? Interest, Passion and Reason (PDF)
Jon Elster

Comment:
Comment on "What Makes Us Tick? Interest, Passion and Reason" (PDF)
Paulus Zulu

Persons: Points of Condensation in a Sea of Living Interactions (PDF)
John Shotter

Comments:
- Comment on "Persons: Points of Condensation in a Sea of Living Interactions" (PDF)
Jerzy Zubrzycky
- Comment on "Persons: Points of Condensation in a Sea of Living Interactions" (PDF)
Pedro Morandé


PART IV – ECONOMICS

The Human Person in Normative Economics (PDF)
Serge-Christophe Kolm

Comment:
Comment on "The Human Person in Normative Economics" (PDF)
Christopher Bliss

Conceptualization of Agents in Positive Economic Theories (PDF)
Edmond Malinvaud

Comment:
Comment on "Conceptualization of Agents in Positive Economic Theories"(PDF)
Joseph Stiglitz

Conceptions of Human Beings Implicit in Economics and in the Practice of Economic Policy (PDF)
Juan J. Llach and Ricardo Crespo

Comments:
- Comment on "Conceptions of Human Beings Implicit in Economics and in the Practice of Economic Policy" (PDF)
Hans Tietmeyer
- Is Scientism a Threat to the Objectives of the Economy and Economic(PDF)
José T. Raga

Conclusions (PDF)
Edmond Malinvaud



PRESENTATION OF THE NEW BOOK


Presentation of ‘Democracy in Debate: The Contribution of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences’ (PDF)
Mary Ann Glendon


Democracy in Debate (PDF)
Hans Zacher