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Vol. 56 No. 5 (2007)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2007.307
La questione demografica e il pensiero di Giovanni Paolo II
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The article aims to offer a synthesis of John Paul II's teaching about the so-called "demographic matter", present in different way in the various parts of the world. Rich and advanced Countries see a fall in the births; instead, poor Countries see an increase in the population, which is not easily tolerable in a context of underdevelopment. The idea of the Malthusian theory and its reformulation now that point by the neo-Malthusianism, the Organicism and the Environmentalism, that intent "to resolve" the demographic matter by birth control. Because of there is not an effective gap between population growth and resources availability, anti-birth policies, therefore, seem to be an escamotage to resolve different problems that, otherwise, would debate economic policies in many rich Countries instead of a choice imposed by rationality. In fact, the true reason of underdevelopment must be found in the lack of equity in resources access. But, even if underdevelopment be proved by population growth, respect for human dignity makes morally unjustifiable any means for births control (as contraception, sterilization or abortion) or their imposition by government policies.
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La questione demografica e il pensiero di Giovanni Paolo II. (2007). Medicina E Morale, 56(5). https://doi.org/10.4081/mem.2007.307
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