Dlaczego czynimy zło? Trójpodział przyczyn zła moralnego według św. Tomasza z Akwinu

• Authors: Belina-Prażmowska Paula

Title variants

EN

Why do we do evil? Tripartite division of moral evil according to Thomas Aquinas

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In the first part of the paper anthropological basis has been presented and it intends to show, that for a proper human being development a harmony between his faculties and dominion of intellect should occur. The lack of the harmony and lack of surrendering the other faculties to the intellect, reduces man to moral evil, causing or overmuch reign of feeling in act of decision, or deprivation of will. In the second part I have presented the possible mistakes in particular human faculties, which are causes of moral evil. So, ignorance in reason, malice of will and sins performed because of weakness influenced by feelings. At the beginning I have pointed out, that saint Thomas Aquinas sees all of them as a intellectual malfunction. In conclusion in should be said, that Thomas as a representative of intellectual ethics, focuses on intellectual aspect of human action and even he perceives evil as a kind of intellectual shortcomings. He does not deny irrational element in a man, but he points out the necessity of surrendering it to the will and intellect, so a man is able to grow in perfect inner harmony of senses, will and intellect.

Keywords

PL

Tomasz z Akwinu; etyka; rozum; wola; zło moralne

EN

Thomas Aquinas; ethics; reason; will; moral evil

• Publisher: Naukowe Towarzystwo Tomistyczne
• Journal: Rocznik Tomistyczny
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 113-127

Contributors

author

Belina-Prażmowska Paula

• Wydział Teologiczny, Uniwersytet Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie

Identifiers

ISSN

2300-1976