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2011 | 14 | 1 | 83-88

Article title

Józefa Tischnera rozumienie pracy

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EN
The understanding of Józef Tischner’s work

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EN
Work cannot be separated from human life. Nowadays, the concept of work has been usually perceived only from an economic perspective as a factor of production process. Does acquiring the means of livelihood is the only value of human work? No doubt, it is a very basic goal, but not the only one. Besides this dimension, there are many other important aspects of human work. In the first part of my paper, I point out two possible understanding of the phenomenon of human work – an objective and a subjective one. The objective sense has to show haw men reign over the earth (material production). The subjective one emphasizes the dignity of human person (philosophical anthropology and ethics). According to Tischner it would be a mistake to take into account only the objective meaning of work, since the moral sense would have been omitted. In the second part, I will adduce the dangers to the proper understanding of human work which arise when one chooses the wrong concept of man (philosophical anthropology). In the philosophical understanding, work is a derivative of the accepted vision of man. In order to avoid the situation of objectifying of man (problem of reification), we should conceive him as a personal being who crates himself in the process of work. In the final part of my presentation, the phenomenon of work is discussed as a mean of improvement and perfection of human being which is done in cooperation with others. By the means of work man enters into relations with God, with the material world, with others (the social world) and with himself. By the above mentioned means she discovers the purpose of her life.

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14

Issue

1

Pages

83-88

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Dates

published
2011

Contributors

  • Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II

References

  • Jan Paweł II, Laborem exercens.
  • Krąpiec M.A., Praca [w:] Powszechna encyklopedia filozofii, t. 8, red. A. Maryniarczyk, Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu, Lublin 2007.
  • Tischner J., Etyka solidarności oraz Homo sovieticus, Znak, Kraków 1992.
  • Tischner J., Idąc przez puste Błonia, Znak, Kraków 2005.
  • Tischner J., Polski kształt dialogu, Znak, Kraków 2002.
  • Tischner J., Świat ludzkiej nadziei, Znak, Kraków 1992.
  • Tischner J., W kręgu filozofii pracy, „Biblioteczka Służby Liturgicznej” 1983, nr 19.

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Publication order reference

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Biblioteka Nauki
20257981

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bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_18778_1899-2226_14_1_08
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