The Josias Podcast The Josias Podcast, Episode II: Basic Concepts – Integralism
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Integralism Rejects Liberal Separations
- Integralism integrates various parts of life instead of separating them, opposing the liberal tradition of separation.
- It rejects the separation of church and state, public and private, ethics and politics, economic and ethics.
State Role: Liberalism vs Integralism
- Liberalism views the state as a mediator between individual rights to maximize freedom through restriction.
- Integralism asserts the state upholds a common good including moral and supernatural ends, not suspending judgment about the final end of man.
Law as Reasoned Order
- The rule of law is good when it embodies reason, not when it's merely neutral or indifferent.
- St. Thomas sees law as reasoned guidance, not a passive or indifferent system divorced from ultimate ends.