Truth, fidelity, freedom, progress

From "Caritas in veritate" (para. 9), my translation:

"Without truth, one falls into empiricist and sceptical views of life, which lack the power to go beyond merely doing something, and wherein there is no concern for grasping the real values — or sometimes even the basic meanings — with which to judge and direct life. Fidelity to man* implies fidelity to the truth, which is the one thing which is a guarantee of freedom (cf. Jn 8:32), and which also can provide for integrated human development."

*Or the fidelity *of* man, i.e., human fidelity.

[Absque veritate in vitae empiristicas scepticasque opinationes deciditur, quae ex praxi exsistere non valet, cuius non interest bona percipere – interdum nec significationes – quibus ea est iudicanda dirigendaque. Hominis fidelitas secum fert fidelitatem veritati, quae una est sponsio libertatis (cfr Io 8, 32) atque humanum omnibus ex partibus progressum praestare potest.]

Official English (mis-)translation:
"Without truth, it is easy to fall into an empiricist and sceptical view of life, incapable of rising to the level of praxis because of a lack of interest in grasping the values — sometimes even the meanings — with which to judge and direct it. Fidelity to man requires fidelity to the truth, which alone is the guarantee of freedom (cf. Jn 8:32) and of the possibility of integral human development."