Thomistic Personalism and Creation Metaphysics: Personhood vs. Humanity and Ontological vs. Ethical Dignity
Thomistic Personalism and Creation Metaphysics: Personhood vs. Humanity and Ontological vs. Ethical Dignity
Author(s): Susan C. Selner-WrightSubject(s): History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Special Branches of Philosophy
Published by: International Étienne Gilson Society
Keywords: Thomistic personalism; personalism; person; personhood; human being; humanity; dignity; ontological dignity; ethical dignity; being; metaphysics; W. Norris Clarke; Karol Wojtyla;
Summary/Abstract: The author seeks to respond to the philosophical appeal of W. Norris Clarke, S.J., “to uncover the personalist dimension lying implicit within the fuller understanding of the very meaning and structure of the metaphysics of being itself, not hitherto explicit in either the metaphysical or personalist traditions themselves.” She does this by discussing the distinctions drawn by Karol Wojtyla: (1) between a human being’s personhood and his humanity, and (2) between the ontological dignity and the ethical dignity of the human person.
Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
- Issue Year: 7/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 469-485
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English