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POPE-VALUES Feb-12-2007 (360 words) xxxi
Pope says living in society means recognizing others' rights, beliefs
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- When the church calls for adherence to basic values to promote the common good, it is not placing the individual second, but reflecting the truth that being human means having a relationship with others, Pope Benedict XVI said.
Pope Benedict said the modern world seems to be losing touch with the fact that living together in society requires an acknowledgment of the rights, needs and beliefs of others.
"The reflection and action of authorities and of citizens must be concentrated on two elements: respect for each human person and the search for the common good," the pope said during a Feb. 10 meeting with members of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences.
"Subjectivism, according to which each person tends to consider himself as the only reference point and believes that only his ideas have the character of truth," threatens peaceful coexistence and true progress both for individuals and for societies, he said.
Members of the French academy study questions related to individual rights and public policy. The pope, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, was one of the few non-French members of the academy from 1992 until his election as pope.
Pope Benedict said that human maturity consists in growing in one's recognition of being responsible for others, a responsibility that requires acknowledging that certain basic values exist and that people can determine what those values are by using their intellect.
Reaching true freedom and happiness "presupposes adhering to a certain number of obligations and undertaking the efforts and sacrifices" necessary to promote what is good, he said.
The first good, the pope said, is human life itself, and people must resist efforts such as abortion and euthanasia that are based on the idea "that there are phases (of life) in which the human being does not really exist."
The dignity of each person, the family based on marriage between a man and a woman, the right to housing and to basic human needs also are rights that must be defended for the good of the individual and of society, he said.
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