Prawo i wolność. Studium filozofii politycznej Borysa Wyszesławcewa
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2008
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe WNPiD UAM w Poznaniu
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Law and Freedom. A Study of the Political Philosophy of Borys Wyszesławcew
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According to Wyszesławcew, the starting point of any moral reflection that would
be deserving of the name is the statement that is a philosophical transposition of the
Apostle’s words: evil emerges into the world accompanying law. The words should be
understood quite literally – it is not that with law we develop the awareness of evil that
we have already unconsciously committed. The point is that once established, the law
prompts us to evil. Wyszes³awcew’s notion of law is very broad; he understands law as
any ethical, customary, religious or legal norm, especially when it assumes the form of
prohibition. Therefore, both the order of Moses and the ethics of the Stoics, Roman law
and Kant’s categorical imperative are ominous, demoralizing laws.
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Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne, 2008, nr 2, s. 47-84.