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Aksjologiczny rozwój etyczny i jego implikacje duchowe w filozofii Karola Wojtyły
Axiological importance of spiritual life for ethical development in the philosophy of Karol Wojtyła

Author(s): Ryszard Adam Podgórski
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Recent History (1900 till today), Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Diecezjalne »Adalbertinum«
Keywords: ethics; personalism; axiology;

Summary/Abstract: The turn of the 20th century saw the origination of a tradition of analysing the nature of values (what is precious and good), i.e. what is value, what is its character? A postulate that explained the ontic status of values, the sources and mechanisms of origination of value, criteria of valuation, classification of values and – in a sociological meaning – the social functioning in culture and individual and social preferences of their accomplishment – all of this was an important issue. Wilhelm Windelband and Heinrich Rickert propagated the concept of axiology. Axiology won its renown thanks to the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl which – through the axiology of Max Scheler and Nicolai Hartmann, Dietrich von Hildebrand – breaks with the scientific anthropological vision of Auguste Comte. Therefore, when referring to phenomenology, Karol Wojtyła creates “adequate anthropology”. This multi-aspect Thomistic-phenomenological presentation of the human being by Karol Wojtyła has a significant axiological dimension for the development of spiritual life in the ethical personalism of Karol Wojtyła. This is the basis which we will use to ask the following question in this study: how does axiology influence the ethical and moral behaviour of a human being?

  • Issue Year: 20/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-40
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish