Civitas et Lex (Dec 2015)

LA FILOSOFIA DELL’AMORE E DEI DIRITTI UMANI IN MADRE TERESA

  • MICHELE INDELLICATO,
  • NATASHA SHEHU

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4

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The thought, the testimony of the life and philosophy of Mother Teresa wants to emphasize the primacy of love, respect for the dignity of the person and the defense of human rights inviolable and non-negotiable, first and foremost the right to life, which is that from the moment of conception and is sacred and inviolable. Mother Teresa gave importance to spiritual charity and the charity body, without which man is deprived of the future and of life itself. The ideal of the life of Mother Teresa is an ideal of simplicity and generosity, especially for the poor, the suffering and vulnerable children, in whom she sees the face of Christ incarnate. Mother Teresa has marked the twentieth century with the testimony of his life certainly exemplary educational point of view, ethical and legal, and has at the same time affirmed the need for a new humanism relational and transcendent, essential basis for building a just and coexistence peaceful.

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