The Department of Philosophical Anthropology and the Philosophy of Law develops scientific research in two complementary directions: Philosophical Anthropology as well as the Philosophy of Law and Human Rights, which have been of interest and have been present at the Faculty of Philosophy since its inception, although developed in various sections and departments.

In the domain of philosophical anthropology, research concerns the integral understanding of the human being, the concept of man as a person, the basics of transcendence of the human being, practical (moral) action, basic anthropological experience, as well as issues regarding the specificity of personal existence (esse personale) and its relations with the understanding of the human person. Consideration is given to particular personal acts, such as love or contemplation, the ontic structure of man, as well as the issue of threats to the integral understanding of the human person.

In the second domain, historical and philosophical research is developed to indicate the sources of contemporary interpretations of law, the philosophical foundations of human rights and law, and the civilization conditions of legal theory. There are also philosophical and critical studies on contemporary concepts in the Philosophy of Law. In addition to historical research, the Department conducts research on the systematic Philosophy of Human Rights and Law, which is based in the field of methodology and sources on philosophical (anthropological) cognition. Research on human rights is interdisciplinary and complementary to Philosophical Anthropology and Philosophy of Law.

The program of the Department is in accordance with the tasks of the Faculty of Philosophy, and the social need for such research as a response to student interest and the needs of rational evaluation of new social and legal phenomena. The problem of philosophical basis of human rights is a constant concern of international organizations and the Holy See.

The Department was founded in 2011 under the name Department of the Philosophy of Law and Human Rights, and in 2018 it assumed the current name of the Department of Philosophical Anthropology and Law Philosophy. Employees in the Department (previously employed in the Department of Metaphysics): dr hab. Krzysztof Wroczyński (supervisor of the Department in 2011-2017 until retirement), dr hab. Paweł Skrzydlewski (until 2013), dr hab. Włodzimierz Dłubacz, prof. Of Catholic University of Lublin (until retirement in 2019, previously supervisor of the Department of the Philosophy of God), dr hab. Katarzyna Stępień (supervisor of the Department since 2018), dr hab. Arkadiusz Gudaniec (from 2018), dr hab. Zbigniew Pańpuch (from 2019).

The organizational achievements of the Department include, among others: organization of Aristotle Symposia, interdisciplinary scientific seminars, philosophical and legal symposia, organization metaphysical and anthropological symposia in cooperation with the Department of Metaphysics.

 

 

Employees

 

Dr hab. Katarzyna Stępień

 

Fields of interest

  • Philosophy of Law and Human Rights, Philosophical Anthropology, Realistic Metaphysics

 

Current research

  • The author of the chapter: Unitas in pluribus - z dziejów lubelskiej szkoły filozoficznej [Unitas in pluribus - from the History of Lublin Philosophical School], w: Lubelska szkoła filozoficzna: historia - koncepcje – spory [The Lublin Philosophical School: History - Concepts - Disputes ], red. A. Lekka-Kowalik, P. Gondek, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2019, p. 21-45.
  • The author of the books: Filozoficzne źródła sporu o rozumienie praw dziecka. Studium z filozofii prawa i praw człowieka [Philosophical Sources of the Dispute on Understanding Rights of Child. A Study in the Philosophy of Law and Human Rights], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2016.
  • W poszukiwaniu podstaw racjonalności prawa [In Search of the Basics of Rationality of Law], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015.

 

International cooperation

  • The author of the articles: Human Rights and Nature, in: Das Naturrecht und Europa (ISBN 3-631-55988-7), red. T. Guz, „Ad Fontes. Schriften Zur Philosophie” (ISSN 1613-947X), Frankfurt a. Main 2007, s. 247–255.
  • Anthropological-Metaphysical Foundations of Human Rights, w: Sztuka i realizm [Art and realism], red. nauk. T. Duma, A. Maryniarczyk, P. Sulenta, Lublin 2014, s. 554–566.
  • Synderesis and the Natural Law, “Studia Gilsoniana” (ISSN 2577-0314) 3/2014, s. 377–398.

 

 

Dr hab. Arkadiusz Gudaniec

 

Fields of interest

  • Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophy of Man, Philosophy of Person, Metaphysics of Person, Philosophy of Love

 

Current research

  • The author of the chapter: Metafizyka osoby. Specyfika personalizmu w lubelskiej szkole filozoficznej [Metaphysics of the person. The specificity of personalism at the Lublin Philosophical School], in: Lubelska Szkoła Filozoficzna. Historia – koncepcje – spory [The Lublin Philosophical School. History – concepts – disputes], ed. A. Lekka-Kowalik, P. Gondek, Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2019, p. 111-129.
  • The author of the books: U podstaw jedności bytowej człowieka. Studium z metafizyki osoby [At the Basis of the Ontic Unity of Man. A Study in Metaphysics of Person], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2016.
  • Paradoks bezinteresownej miłości. Studium z antropologii filozoficznej na podstawie tekstów św. Tomasza z Akwinu [The Paradox of Disinterested Love. A Study in Philosophical Anthropology based on St. Thomas Aquinas' writings], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015.

 

International cooperation

  • 'Esse personale' come fondamento della persona umana ['Esse personale' as a fundament of a human person], „Divus Thomas” (ISSN: 0012-4257) 121/2018, p. 219-227.
  • Amore e bellezza – contemplazione e compiacenza: riflessioni sulla base del pensiero di san Tommaso d’Aquino [Love and Beauty, Contemplation and Complacence. Reflections on the basis of saint Thomas Aquinas' thought], „Espíritu” (Barcelona) (ISSN: 0014-0716) 151/2016, p. 85-99.
  • The Foundations of Mieczysław Albert Krąpiec’s Metaphysical Personalism, „Forum Philosophicum” (ISSN: 1426-1898) 19/2014, p. 61-96.

 

 

Dr hab. Zbigniew Pańpuch

 

Fields of interest

  • Philosophical Anthropology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Plato and Aristotle

 

Current research

  • The author of the chapter: Gender a płciowy wymiar człowieka [Gender and the Sexual Dimension of Human Being], „Ateneum Kapłańskie” z. 1 (665) t. 174/2020, s. 51-73.
  • The author of the books: Spór o cielesność [The Dispute about Corporeality], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015.
  • Szczęście a polityka [Happines and Politics], Polskie Towarzystwo Tomasza z Akwinu & Wydawnictwo KUL, Lublin 2015.

 

 

International cooperation

  • Aristotle’s concept of arete as a Criterion of a Good State, the Proper Form of its Government and Politics, in: The World Congress οf Philosophy - The Philosophy οf Aristotle, ed. K. Boudouris, A. Roth, vol. 1, Athens 2018, p.195-202.
  • Can Thomistic Ethics Be the Fundamental of a Secular Society?, in: Dialogue of Cultures: Platonic Tradition and Contemporary Thomism. Selection of Scientific Articles [Kultūrų dialogas: platoniškoji tradicija ir šiuolaikinis tomizmas], ed. D. M. Stančienė, Klaipeda University 2015, p.151-155.
  • The Foundations of Classical Thought on the Sovereignty of the State, „Studia Gilsoniana” (ISSN 2577-0314) vol. 3/2014, p. 347-366.