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The Dignity of a Human Person in the Light of the Commandment to Love One’s Enemies. On the Basis of Writings of St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. John Duns Scotus
The dignity of a human person is set forth by many different realities, also by the law of the Gospel. In this context it appears to be an important commandment to love your enemies which is a special case of the commandment to love your neighbour. It is thoroughly analyzed by great scholastic scholars, from among which St. Thomas Aquinas and Bl. John Duns Scotus have been chosen in order to collate their thoughts. They appear similar: one shall love in a human person what is God’s gift, but not what is evil. Because according to the Biblical Law a human should always be loved, so also an enemy never completely loses his or her human dignity in any moment of his or her life. The enemy preserves some part of God’s resemblance which can be loved despite the worst sins. The human dignity is inalienable and universal.