Marek Drwięga
Principia, Volume 69, Polityka i zło, 2022, pp. 5 - 22
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843887PI.22.001.17312Taking the 20th century Czech philosopher Jan Patočka as an example, in this paper, the author would like to illustrate the problem of human freedom when dealing with two kinds of experiences: war and political violence, as exemplified by the totalitarian state. Indeed, it is possible to treat these two types of experiences as historical experiences of evil. What is at stake, then, is the juxtaposition of human freedom and evil. Given this context, the Czech thinker sought to answer the question: in such a situation, with which moral response can or should one reply? When experiencing evil, how can or should a person behave?
Marek Drwięga
Developmental Psychology, Volume 17, Issue 1, 2012, pp. 39 - 47
https://doi.org/10.4467/20843879PR.12.003.0378
Care of the self and human development
In the paper Care of the self and human development the author would like to draw readers` attention to the concept of self-care. This concept, according to the Czech philosopher Jan Patočka, is crucial for humanity formation. Patočka and another 20 century thinker Michel Foucault tried to revive the tradition of the care of the self. It is a matter of fact that this tradition lost its significance in the modern time partially because of the growing importance of scientific approaches toward human being. Despite this, care of the self can still be an important element in the human life. Care of the self can be understood as an alternative in the world dominated by scientism and instrumentalism because it tries to see human development as a process in which two approaches scientific and spiritual become one in the art of living
Marek Drwięga
Principia, Volume 32-33, 2002, pp. 135 - 157
Marek Drwięga
Principia, Volume 24-25, 1999, pp. 289 - 299