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Author-Name: Paolo Pecorari
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Author-Workplace-Name: Università degli studi di Udine - Dipartimento di scienze economiche e statistiche
Title: Profilo di Giuseppe Toniolo
(Giuseppe Toniolo's profile)
Abstract: Giuseppe Toniolo is probably the most important exponent of the economical and social catholic
thought between ’800 and ’900. He analyzed the genesys and the positive as well as the negative contribution
of Capitalism to the modern economy dinamics; he noted the role of Socialism in defense
of the «legitimate needs» and the «exemplary rights» of popular classes, but he also highlights the allencompassing
and deterministic aspects, deriving from Hegel, as well as the the non-religious aspect.
Alternatively, he proposes a «Christian way» to build a new free and righteous society, where ethics is
an intrinsic factor of economics, wealthy is not the final aim but instrumental, the profit is subject to
the centrality of the human being, to be is predominant on to have, and «democracy» express through
its representatives those everlasting moral values always reviving as well as deeply renewed.
Classification-JEL: B00, B30, N01
Keywords: Giuseppe Toniolo; capitalismo; socialismo; democrazia cristiana (Giuseppe Toniolo; capitalism; socialism; Christian democracy)
Journal: Il Pensiero Economico Italiano
Pages: 19-28
Volume: 22
Issue: 2
Year: 2014
File-URL: http://www.libraweb.net/articoli.php?chiave=201406302&rivista=63
Handle: RePEc:pei:journl:v:22:y:2014:2:2:p:19-28