Monday, January 6, 2020

Welcome! This website will contain my commentary of Karol Wojtyla's Love & Responsibility as I work through the text.

You can by an English translation of the text here.


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Chapter 1: The Person and the Sexual Urge
  • Analysis of the Verb 'to Use'
    • The Person as the Subject and Object of Action
    • The First Meaning of the Verb 'to Use'
    • 'Love' as the Opposite of 'Using'
    • The Second Meaning of the Verb 'to Use'
    • Critique of Utilitarianism
    • The Commandment to Love, and the Personalistic Norm
  • Interpretation of the Sexual Urge
    • Instinct or Urge?
    • The Sexual Urge as an Attribute of the Individual
    • The Sexual Urge and Existence
    • The Religious Interpretation
    • The Rigorist Interpretation
    • The 'Libidinistic' Interpretation
    • Final Observations
Chapter 2: The Person and Love