Freedom for Responsibility: Responsibility and Human Nature in the Philosophical Anthropology of Karol Wojtyla

• Authors: Mary Angela Woelkers
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article considers the essential connection between human nature and responsibility within the philosophical thought of Karol Wojtyla, focusing on his works The Acting Person and Love and Responsibility. The study begins by examining the freedom as characteristic of the human person according to the order of being, and then turns its attention to the authentic understanding of freedom precisely as freedom for the good. The freedom of the human person is finally considered as the foundation of responsibility.

Keywords

EN

Karol Wojtyla; John Paul II; personalism; philosophical anthropology; freedom; responsibility; ontology; Acting Person; Love and Responsibility; self-determination; human nature; human person; efficacy; intentionality

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 633-647

Dates

published

2016-12-30

Contributors

author

Mary Angela Woelkers

• Holy Apostles College and Seminary, Cromwell, CT, USA

Identifiers

ISSN

2300-0066