„Człowiek porządny” – ideał wychowania moralnego. Na kanwie rozważań etycznych Tadeusza Kotarbińskiego
“A decent human being” – the ideal of moral upbringing. Reflections inspired by the ethical views of Tadeusz Kotarbiński

Author(s): Alicja Żywczok
Subject(s): Philosophy, Education
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: decent human being; moral upbringing; ideal; moral virtue; conscience; independent ethics; ethical minimalism
Summary/Abstract: The author of the text performed a reconstruction and a creative interpretation of the ethical views of Tadeusz Kotarbiński, especially those related to the principal ideal of the moral upbringing, i.e. the shaping of the so-called decent human being. The text is an attempt at providing answers to several research questions, including: 1. How to define “a decent human being”? What traits of character, personality or behavior should be used? The following will be considered: dignity, valor, resourcefulness, entrepreneurship, responsibility, solidarity, truthfulness, honesty, kindness, ethical alertness. 2. What part does the field of moral sensitivity, referred to as “conscience,” play in the upbringing of “a decent human being”? 3. How, in the context of intellectual ethical minimalism, does “a decent human being”perceive suffering, wrongs or injustice? 4. What is moral upbringing (of “a decent human being”) in the upbringing environment (school, family, society)?

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