Human Nature – Selfhood – Individuality. Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics as Basis of John Dewey’s Concept of Democracy Cover Image

Natura ludzka – jazn – indywidualność. Filozoficzno-antropologiczne i etyczne podstawy koncepcji demokracji Johna Deweya
Human Nature – Selfhood – Individuality. Philosophical Anthropology and Ethics as Basis of John Dewey’s Concept of Democracy

Author(s): Łukasz Nysler
Subject(s): Philosophy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego

Summary/Abstract: In this article I reconstruct some crucial concepts of John Dewey’s naturalistic philosophical anthropology and ethics to show their importance for the Deweyan concept of democracy. In particular, I focus on such concepts, as „human nature”, „selfhood”, „individuality”, and „self-realization”, and argue that these concepts are indispensable if we want to effectively grasp what Dewey intended in his ideal of democracy. In this way I hope to show the vital significance of Dewey’s thought for contemporary controversies in philosophical anthropology, ethics, social and political philosophy.

  • Issue Year: II/2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-76
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish