Freedom of the Individual towards the Authority of the Church

Abstract

The article analyses the role of the Catholic Church as a deontic and epistemic authority. It discusses the problem of whether the Church’s authority undermines the autonomy of the conscience of the faithful. It then provides a justifcation for the thesis that while the Church wields authority in moral issues, its authority is of an epistemic nature.

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Stanisław Gałkowski

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  • EP ID EP292237
  • DOI 10.12775/SPI.2017.5.001
  • Views 69
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Stanisław Gałkowski (2017). Freedom of the Individual towards the Authority of the Church. Studia Paedagogica Ignatiana. Rocznik Wydziału Pedagogicznego Akademii Ignatianum w Krakowie, 20(5), 21-32. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-292237