The Charity-Truth Connection under the Test of Philosophical Reason

Abstract

The article offers a philosophical reading of Caritas in Veritate, focusing on the constitutive relationship between charity and truth as the foundation of both anthropology and social life. The author argues that the encyclical overcomes the opposition between faith and reason by presenting philosophical rationality as an indispensable instrument for deepening concepts such as the common good, subsidiarity, relationality and civil society. The analysis shows that an ontologically grounded anthropology is essential for responding to contemporary relativism and for developing a vision of politics and civic life rooted in the dignity of the person and the truth of the human being.