Krytyczna ocena filozoficznych podstaw marksistowskiej wizji człowieka w nauczaniu Jana Pawła II

Abstract

John Paul II makes out again the program of the Church’s concern for a human that has been lasting since always and which is the path where it should go. This pope’s concern for every human takes a form of a specific expression in a critical position adopted by him on the all doctrinal systems that propagate falsified image of a human to the world. The Marxist doctrine with its simplified, reduced vision of a human is undoubtedly one of these types of systems. In his teaching, the pope expresses often his very critical approach to Marxist apprehension of a human being. One of the reasons for Holy Father to express his opinions that way was the great influence of the Marxist doctrine observed up to the end of the 80s of the twentieth century. We cannot forget that social-political system built on the Marxist doctrine was imposed to many countries and it became one and only in force. Therefore, it was undoubtedly a totalitarian system. In the present article the specific reproaches expressed by John Paul II towards the Marxist vision of a human are presented. In the scope of interest there is also Holy Father approach to the liberation theology and anthropology included in it. There are also the perspectives of pope’s interpretations of the Marxist anthropology presented. What is more, the reaction of the Marxist commentator on the pope’s criticism of the vision of a human in Marxism and on personalism propagated by the pope is introduced.