In the late medieval political philosophy one can observe the original concept of natural law. It has been innovative doctrine when compared to the theories of Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. Its originality relies on grasping (natural) law as a feature of a subject, not as a feature of the world-structure. Among representatives of such a theories there can be mentioned William Ockham, Francesco Suarez and Polish philosophers: Paul Vladimiri and Stanisław of Skarbimierz. The aim of this article is to examine in what extent late medieval natural law theories assume the innovative anthropology, which enhances the role of will, and passes over the role of reason. There is going to be argued that coherent anthropology which can be applied as a foundation of natural law theory, can be found in Paul’s of Worczin anthropology and ethics.
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