On the Sources of Karol Wojtyła's The Acting Person
The paper shows that the critical analysis of Max Scheler’s and Immanuel Kant’s concepts of moral philosophy was a starting point of Karol Wojtyła’s own positive project of anthropology presented in the book The Acting Person. Its core lies in the recognition of the significance of human efficacy: h...
| Published in: | Philosophy & canon law |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
2021
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Philosophy & canon law
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Johannes Paul, II., Pope 1920-2005
/ Ethics
/ Scheler, Max 1874-1928
/ Kant, Immanuel 1724-1804
/ Plot
/ Person
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| RelBib Classification: | VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Phenomenology
B Ethics B Experience B Morality B Value B Metaphysics B Person |
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| Summary: | The paper shows that the critical analysis of Max Scheler’s and Immanuel Kant’s concepts of moral philosophy was a starting point of Karol Wojtyła’s own positive project of anthropology presented in the book The Acting Person. Its core lies in the recognition of the significance of human efficacy: human persons express and realize their full subjectivity through their actions. Wojtyła shows that genuine human actions are not motivated only by the emotional power with which particular values are given, but rather by the perception of their being true values. In the last analysis, Wojtyła’s theory might be described as transphenomenology, that is, a synthesis of phenomenology and metaphysics. According to him, what is immediately given to the subject can be fully explained by categories that transcend direct experience. In this way Wojtyła incorporates his vision of anthropology into a broader metaphysics, at the same time showing that in philosophy one should move from phenomenon to foundation. |
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| ISSN: | 2451-2141 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Philosophy & canon law
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.31261/PaCL.2021.07.1.01 |