REFLECTIONS ON THE NOTION OF “FAMILY” IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT

OVER TIME, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN VIEWED FROM A SOCIOLOGICAL, LEGAL AND MORAL - CHRISTIAN POINT OF VIEW WITH GREAT IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE FA MILY RELATIONSHIPS HAVE A COMPLEX CHARACTER, WHICH WE DO NOT FIND IN OTHER TYPES OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS. IT IS REPRESENTED BY THE ENSEMBLE OF NATURAL -BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS, BY ITS FUNCTIONS OF PERPETUATIN G THE HUMAN SPECIES, ECONOMIC, PEDAGOGICA L-EDUCATIONAL AND OF FAMILY SOLIDARITY. FROM A LEGAL POINT OF VIEW, THE FAMILY DESIGNATES THE GROUP OF PERSONS BETWEEN WHOM THERE ARE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM MARRIAGE, KINSHIP, AS WELL AS OTHER RELATIONS HIPS ASSIMILATED TO FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS. THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY, BASED ITS FOUNDATION AND EXISTENCE ON HIGH SPIRITUAL LANDMARKS, SEEMS TODAY OBSOLETE FOR THOSE WHO PREFER AN “OPEN” RELATIONSHIP, FREE FROM PREJUDICE AND CONSTRAINTS, MATERIAL RESPONSIBILITIE S AND MORAL OBLIGATIONS. MARRIAGES SEEM TO BE ESTABLISHED MORE AND MORE OFTEN AND LATER. IN THE SPIRIT OF THE VALUES THAT TODAY SEEM TO BE LOST, WE HAVE CHOSEN THIS TOPIC REGARDING THE NOTION OF FAMILY, ANALYZED IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT.

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