Love and Responsibility FROM OUR EDITORS
First published in 1960 when he was a bishop in Poland, this eloquently written treatise by the man who would be Pope contrasts the "personalist" and "utilitarian" views of marriage and sexual life, foreshadowing the strong, centered stance that would characterize his papacy on issues of love, marriage, and the family.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Love & Responsibility reflects the searching yet confident stance that has characterized John Paul II's papacy. He contends that science can tell us much about the relations between the sexes but that we can gain a full understanding only through study of the human person as a whole. Contrasting the "personalist" and "utilitarian" views of marriage and sexual life, he argues that divorce, artificial birth control, and pre-marital sex are incompatible with a truly personalist view of human fulfillment. Throughout the book, he appeals to ordinary human experience as well as his own pastoral experience. His conclusions coincide with the traditional teachings of the Church, but they are written to engage and appeal to all people of good will.
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