Catholicism
Social doctrine of the Catholic Church, combining traditionalist morality and defense of life with concern for social justice, subsidiarity and worker dignity, under the hierarchical authority of the papacy and canon law.
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Social doctrine of the Catholic Church, combining traditionalist morality and defense of life with concern for social justice, subsidiarity and worker dignity, under the hierarchical authority of the papacy and canon law.
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I want a society of traditional morality and defense of life, with social justice and subsidiarity under the authority of the papacy.
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This position is 45.0 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
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This position is 0.4 points from this collection’s median.
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A Basque nobleman who became a priest, Ignatius of Loyola founded the Society of Jesus and wrote the Spiritual Exercises, a method of prayer that shaped Jesuit formation and missionary activity.
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Most compatible among the 257 schools
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
Socrates' dialectical method, examining beliefs through rational questioning and the pursuit of virtue, distrustful of mass politics and the rhetoric of demagogues, yet respectful of the city's rule of law.
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
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