{"id":1483,"date":"2021-01-19T16:37:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T16:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=1483"},"modified":"2023-12-02T13:44:20","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:44:20","slug":"why-it-is-called-personalism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=1483","title":{"rendered":"Why it is called personalism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personalism is a strand of philosophical and political thought that attempts to capture what a human being is \u2013 and to then articulate the social and structural consequences. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fact that this anthropology was given the label \u201cpersonalism\u201d has its historical causes, but primarily it denotes that the human person, and in particular the dignity, engagement, and relationships among persons, is always the point of departure: Humans have inherent dignity, and the good relationship between humans and the engagement of humans in a life of community is essential to the good life and to healthy societies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The personalist anthropology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Humans are relational beings<\/em>\u00a0in need of a close and engaged interplay with other humans in our local communities, in order to thrive and develop our potential.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Humans have the capacity to engage<\/em>, a capacity that we realize in freely taking responsibility for our own lives, but also for our fellow humans in local communities and in society at large.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Humans have inherent dignity<\/em>\u00a0that can never be relativized or diminished,\u00a0and which neither humans nor society have the right.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-subtle-background-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">FOUR PRINCIPLES<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=123\">Humans as relational<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=194\">Man is dignified<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=197\">Humans are engaged<\/a><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=199\">Humans are nature and spirit<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personalism is a strand of philosophical and political thought that attempts to capture what a human being is \u2013 and to then articulate the social and structural consequences. The fact that this anthropology was given the label \u201cpersonalism\u201d has its historical causes, but primarily it denotes that the human person, and in particular the dignity,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1483","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why it is called personalism - Personalism.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/personalism.com\/?page_id=1483\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why it is called personalism - Personalism.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Personalism is a strand of philosophical and political thought that attempts to capture what a human being is \u2013 and to then articulate the social and structural consequences. 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