It is not the isolated individual but the responsible person who is the proper agent to be considered in ethical reflection.” This reality refutes the fictitious notion that the isolated individual is the agent of all ethical behavior. He cannot escape the responsibility, which is his because he is a father. Every attempt to live as if he were alone is a denial of the fact that he is actually responsible. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self. In so doing, he really stands in their place. “A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. “The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.” ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Ethics tags: politics, power, responsibility “Political action means taking on responsibility.
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