Rozumienie Tomaszowej koncepcji dobra w myśli filozoficznej Karola Wojtyły
The Understanding of Thomas Aquinas’s Concept of Good in Karol Wojtyła’s Philosophical Thought

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article was to present Thomas Aquinas’s concept of good in the perspective of the philosophical achievements of Karol Wojtyła. On the basis of the conducted analyses, it has been stated that the factor distinguishing Wojtyła’s vision is the emphasis on the importance of existence in the structure of understanding good. This is why Wojtyła correctly describes the Thomas Aquinas’s concept of good as an existential one. In this concept, existence constitutes the basic good within being and a certain perfection of its - through that certain perfection, particular goodness becomes a goal of human actions. Moreover, goodseems to be the goal of any existence. Beings are good not only because they exist, but because they exist for a purpose. And that purpose is always some type of good. All types of good lead in turn to the highest good - to God, who is the final aim and the absolute completeness of existence.

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