Kara, odpowiedzialność i przemiana w powieści Lektor Bernharda Schlinka
Punishment, Responsibility and Transformation in the Novel The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the issues related to the philosophy of law that can be found directly or indirectly in the novel by B. Schlinek entitled The Reader. The article is problematic in nature, and the reason for interpreting the novel from a philosophical and legal perspective was the fact that the author claims that writing is for him “the second life”. In the first place, he considers himself a lawyer, a constitutionalist. The first problem concerns the situation of the accused in court and establishing the facts and narration(s), which in itself is an interesting issue for legal scholars – it concerns getting to know the facts in the process of applying the law. The second problem concerns the settlement of crimes committed by the totalitarian regime. In turn, the third problem is related to the broad sense of the punishment, the issue of the perpetrator’s identity and changing circumstances of action – changes taking place in the social system in which the perpetrator functions, as well as his own personality. So what is responsibility?

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