The paper presents the idea of perfectiorism in the philosophy of Karol Wojtyła – a man becomes morally better, but not perfect, by every good action. The article has three parts: 1) the outline of Wojtyła’s philosophical anthropology: a man is a morally subject, because every man is a acting being; every deed reveals not only person but also basic structure of the man (subjective structure – consciousness, causality, self-determination, responsibility and objective structure – soul, psyche, body, participation); 2) the possibility of perfectiorism in the classical philosophy of being (Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas): a good is identical with the aim of the striving of the being; the aim is adequate to the nature of the being and improves it; the perfection is definited by the way of being and the substancial form; the purpose of every being should be the actualization of the possibilities of the nature; 3) the impossibility of the perfectiorism in the philosophy of consciousness (I. Kant and M. Scheler): a mind has been separated from the whole being and a good has been reduced to the experience of the consciousness (Kant’s categorical imperative and Scheler’s experience of values); the consequence is the isolation the experience from the action.
W artykule wykorzystano studium przypadku Josepha Beuysa, aby pokazać, że perfekcjoryzm etyczny rozwijany przez Karola Wojtyłę jest adekwatną odpowiedzią na działania antycywilizacyjne, a działania Beuysa jako wykładowcy Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Düsseldorfie miały właśnie charakter antycywilizacyjny. Ponadto zwrócono uwagę na wpływ koncepcji „marszu przez instytucje”, która silnie oddziałuje na zmagania cywilizacyjne w społeczeństwach - zwłaszcza demokratycznych. Na tej podstawie wykazano, że perfekcjoryzm jest jednym z kluczowych pojęć, które mogą odegrać kluczową rolę w zmaganiach cywilizacyjnych na gruncie instytucjonalnym.
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The article uses case studies of Joseph Beuys to show that the ethical perfectiorism developed by Karol Wojtyła is an adequate response to anti-civilizational actions, and that Beuys' actions as a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf were precisely anti-civilizational in nature. In addition, the influence of the concept of “marching through institutions” was pointed out, which strongly influences civilizational struggles in societies – especially democratic ones. On this basis, it was shown that perfectiorism is one of the key concepts that can play a key role in civilization struggles on the ground of institutions.
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