Borutka, Tadeusz2022-10-172022-10-171998Polonia Sacra, 1998, R. 2 (20), Nr 2 (46), s. 41-67.1428-5673http://theo-logos.pl/xmlui/handle/123456789/1462The moral character of democracy does not reveal on its own but depends on its consistency with the moral law, to which, like each human activity, it must be subjected. It therefore depends on moral quality of the aims towards which it strives and the means it uses. The value of democracy appears or vanishes with the values it expresses and supports. The grounds for these values cannot be the fleeting and changing „majorities” of public opinion but the moral law and the rules of social life arising from it. Rejecting the law of God causes in democracy the instrumentalization of ideas and beliefs to suit the purposes of the authorities. History teaches us that democracy without values and rules changes into an overt or disguised totalitarianism or brings about small executive groups which usurp the rule of their country to obtain profits or promote their own ideologies.plAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Polandhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/pl/demokracjapolitykaKatolicka Nauka SpołecznaspołeczeństwoencyklikaJan Paweł IIpapieżeBógczłowiekprawa człowiekażyciereligiawolność wyznaniaprawodobrosprawiedliwośćmiłośćsolidarnośćpomocdemocracypoliticssocietyencyclicJohn Paul IIpopesGodhumanhuman rightslifereligionfreedom of religionlawgoodjusticelovesolidarityhelpkapłaniduchowieństwoclergypriesthoodKarol WojtyłaArticle