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Moralna przestrzeń pracy – wiodące przewartościowania
Moral space of working – leading reevaluations

Author(s): Danuta Walczak-Duraj
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Sociology, Economic development
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: human dignity; work; moral work space; uprooting from work; individualization of work; management culture

Summary/Abstract: The leading goal of the considerations contained in this study is to show the causes and consequences of narrowing the moral space of contemporary work. This space is understood here as the moral dimension of labor relations in an economic subject, based on conscience. The general interpretive framework for the deliberations is the concept of human dignity included in the catholic social science in relation to the moral order related to work. The process of uprooting from work, understood in two ways, has been considering for the leading cause of narrowing the moral space of contemporary work. It means both as a departure from the community, social understanding of work and its ethical context towards the individualization of work, as well as the search for other, alternative ways of building one’s identity, in which work is no longer a point of reference. With reference to the individualization of work, two dominant premises were pointed out: philosophical and ethical concepts concerning the individuality of the individual, its subjectivity and individualized responsibility, as well as changes in the content of work, forms of work and forms of employment. It has also indicated the consequences of reevaluations referring to work and its individualistic features in relation to management culture.

  • Issue Year: 47/2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 51-72
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Polish