Karol Wojtyła on Self-Fulfillment in and through the Marital Act

• Authors: Alma Espartinez

Abstracts

EN

Our whole discussion has focused on man’s self-fulfillment in and through the marital union. The mutual self-donation of man and woman is a participative act in that whenever acting is performed ‘together with the other,’ the husband and wife transcend themselves in action and thereby realize the authentically personalistic value of the action and man’s self-fulfillment in it. This mutual selfgiving of husband and wife finds its expression in and through the body. This self-fulfillment, however, is attained only when the husband and wife become responsible for each other and meet the demands of the personalistic norm. The marital union must adapt itself to the objective demands of the personalistic norm, without which the act of mutual love between husband and wife is degraded to the ‘utilitarian’ level. The structure of responsibility which demands reference to the object in accordance with its true value must be satisfied.

Keywords

EN

Karol Wojtyła; self-fulfillment; marital act; love; procreation; marriage; husband and wife

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 181-206

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Alma Espartinez

• College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines

• https://orcid.org/0000000246201305

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Identifiers

DOI

10.26385/SG.110207

Biblioteka Nauki

2057142