Godność ontyczna jako fundament i miara doskonalenia osoby
Ontic Dignity as a Foundation and Measure of Person's

Summary/Abstract: There are many meanings of the term “dignity”: psychological, sociological, legal etc., in this paper author concentrates on the ontic level. Dignity is person’s “ontic value”, it points to three personal values: rationality (ability to recognise the truth), freedom (ability to selfdetermination) and love (ability to become a gift for another person). Ontic dignity is premoral, it is an “attribute” of human existence. Every person – and their dignity – is revealed by different forms of transcendence. The author focuses on the practical (pedagogical) aspect of dignity as well as the theological one. He derives from two concepts: creation of man in the “image of God” and Incarnation and redemption of man. These considerations refer to the thoughts of John Paul II, present particularly in his book Memory and Identity.

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