The article presents the problem of the old age from the personalistic point of view. (The author refers to the ideas and concepts of the ancient and modern thinkers, such as Cicero, J. A. Komensky, E. Erikson, John Paul II, W. Chudy). First of all, it is necessary to distinguish the two meanings of that term: biological (physical) and personal (moral, spiritual). Important...
John Bosco was open to the contemporaneous pedagogical thought, cultural currents, and people of his time. He lived in a century of pedagogy, abounding in recognized names: Herbart, Pestalozzi, Froebel, Girard, and still remaining under the influence of the ideas formulated by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The contemporary Italy provided ground for such personalities as Aporti...
Work among children and teenagers shaped by a vagabond lifestyle and leading a life permanently inscribed in the urban space is carried out by means of streetworking, by well-prepared and trained streetworkers. This type of service may become an interesting subject of reflection, not only due to the relatively fixed values of the work’s ethics, but also to ways, both positive and...
Parkinson’s disease is one of the most frequent neurodegenerative disorders typically affecting people over the age of 50. The core symptoms of Parkinson disease are bradykinesia, tremor and plastic rigidity. Social scientific research on experiencing chronic illness focuses directly on pivotal players in health care – people who are sick. Health researchers, practitioners, and...
Nowadays medical ethics develops under the influence of various philosophical trends. Among the most important elaborations of this ethics the following three propositions are usually given special attention: (1) ethics of the good of the patient related to the virtue ethics proposed by American physician Edmund D. Pellegrino, (2) the ethics of the four principles of Tom...
The implementation of the modern postulate of scientific and technical progress is considered the main cause of the ecological crisis. This study aims to show that – despite the authors ecologizing Karl Marx's thought – his philosophy continues to call for the well-being of nations through the ruthless use of nature and justifies progress understood in terms of imperialist...
The Book of Jonah raises the question whether the Gentiles are entitled to the hope of salvation enjoyed by the Jews. The protagonist of the history illustrating this problem, is prophet Jonah, who denied them this right and was, therefore, convinced that Ninevites would reject his appeal to conversion. However, the city was converted and Jonah blamed God for the fact that...
The author of the article has analyzed protocols (files) of the general chapters as well as protocols from visitations to monasteries of the Canons Regular of the Lateran (CRL) in the Kraków Province between 1781 and 1861. The protocols are currently in the archives of the Pauline Fathers in Częstochowa (ms. 253 and ms. 254), where they were placed after the dissolution of...
The article concerns Malinche, one of the most mysterious female figures in the history of Mexico. In the epoch of the conquest of the New World this woman, originating from the indigenous peoples, was given by her own mother into captivity and then offered as a gift to Hernán Cortes, the commander of the Spanish conquistadors. Later she become his translator, lover and informer...
The article presents a detailed analysis of six examples of historic items representing similar themes. The author showed that the artistic composition depicted on the reverse face of the medal was inspired by mythological motifs, even though the crucial objective of its emission was the praise of Jan III Sobieski’s triumphant victory of the Ottoman Empire in the siege of Vienna...
Mieczysław Brzeziński (1858-1911), through his activity, laid a sound foundation for the development of teaching staff in kindergartens and in primary schools on the Polish territories under the Russian partition. Brzeziński was convinced that a good elementary school teacher was not only a specialist in teaching pupils to read and write, counting or lecturing about nature, but...
The phenomenon of single fatherhood constitutes one of the most interesting, but not yet fully explored areas of research related to family and parenthood. The purpose of this study was to investigate how children evaluate their single fathers. The paper was based on data from qualitative and quantitative studies conducted throughout the last four decades. The results of the...
Zagadnienie poczucia własnej godności zdaje się powracać w refleksji naukowej w kontekście szybkich przemian cywilizacyjnych i kulturowych. Na przestrzeni ostatnich dziesięcioleci w znacznym stopniu dotyczyły one roli i zadań współczesnej kobiety. Problem niniejszej pracy sprowadza się do pytania o związek poczucia godności osobistej i preferencji wartości/celów młodych kobiet...
The analyses conducted in the article are aimed at the specific characteristics of neo-Thomistic pedagogy within methodology of upbringing. The relationship between the inclusion of an adolescent into the community life (which includes entrusting them with duties and responsibility for the common good) and their moral development are of particular interest for the article author...
The problem raised in this article revolves around the relationship between the activity of contemporary advisers with women’s rights in the early Christianity? The article provides a new perspective on the theory of activity of Polish Catholic family life counsellors. It presents an overview of the history and character of those advisers’ activity as well as the origin of...
Zaangażowanie salezjanów w pracy z dziećmi ulicy jest wyraźnym przykładem kontynuacji dzieła ks. Bosko w stosunku do dzieci i młodzieży ubogiej materialnie, bez dachu nad głową oraz tej bez perspektyw na przyszłość. W artykule autor stara się przyjrzeć specyfice oddziaływań wychowawców salezjańskich na dzieci i młodzież (metody działania, założone cele). Część teoretyczna bę...
The article presents data of the Blue Cards from the Warsaw VI District Police Headquarters from 2015 (VII-XII) -2018 (I-III). Special attention was paid to such issues as: the profiles of the perpetrator and victim of domestic violence, types of violence and its frequency, committing acts of violence under the influence of alcohol and the effects of such acts, as well as...
Artykuł ukazuje syntetycznie przestępstwo rozboju według prawa karnego polskiego. Jest ono najcięższe z grupy przestępstw przeciwko mieniu. Przestępstwa rozboju dopuszcza się ten, kto kradnie cudze mienie, używając lub grożąc natychmiastowym użyciem przemocy wobec osoby albo doprowadzając człowieka do stanu nieprzytomności lub bezbronności. Rozbój należy do przestępstw...
Opracowanie dotyczy ochrony danych osobowych. Po wprowadzeniu unijnego Rozporządzenia z 2016 r. (RODO), Kościół katolicki w Polsce dostosował swoje prawo do nowych wymagań. W opracowaniu przypomniano rozwiązania stosowane przed 2018 r. i przywołano istniejące wówczas problemy prawne. W dalszej części zarysowano treść Dekretu Episkopatu Polski o ochronie danych osobowych...