The need for work as such, along with physical need, are the two fundamental needs that flow directly from the … article proceeds from three main premises: (1) Man is not an object but a person, and for that reason matters much; (2) Work … as teamwork and contribution; (3) Work has two main effects on persons conforming also to the duality of human nature …

The conventional economic analysis of welfare programmes is based on the work disincentive issue. This has become a … sufficiently attractive as to provide substantial work disincentives. Questions that view. This questioning is motivated by the … inappropriately high work disincentives.  …

pragmatic and rational way, with the ability to decide for himself and to achieve fulfilment. For this reason, work is conceived … of human work. Indeed the focus of this encyclical is human work, that is, the individual who achieves fulfilment in his … work. It is man himself who gives his work sense and meaning. By working he fulfils his vocation and his very being …

In this essay, the author explores John Paul II’s thought on human work, and argues that, just as the Jesuit Henrich … Pavan helped advance John Paul II’s own thinking about man and work. Tondini draws our attention to Dignitatis Humanae from …

be characterized as socially progressive, its view of work has constituted a notable exception. Its early view not only … granted work dignity, but also reinforced an attitude of the fundamental equality of all humans. Most recently, John Paul II …’s view of work constitutes one of the most progressive stances on socio‐economic questions ever taken by a pope. This essay …

life to full human life. Just as human work is essential to human life lived in imitation of God, so is rest and leisure … connections between work, leisure, consumerism, and the environment primarily in Centesimus Annus (1991), Laborem Exercens (1981 …