Outline of The Acting Person by Karol Wojtyla
This list is made from the chapter and section headings of the book
CHAPTER
ONE - THE ACTING PERSON IN THE ASPECT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
1.THE ACTING PERSON IN THE ASPECT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Act in Its Traditional Interpretation
Action as Peculiar to the Person
Voluntariness as Indication of Consciousness
2. THE ATTEMPT TO DISCERN CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE "HUMAN ACT"
Is this Analysis Possible and Necessary?
How Is Consciousness Implied in the Human Act?
In what Sense Is "Consciousness" Used Here?
Consciousness Is not an Autonomous Subject
3. CONSCIOUSNESS AND SELF-KNOWLEDGE
Consciousness Conditioned by Its Reflecting Function
Consciousness Opened to the Ego by Self-Knowledge
Self-Knowledge as the Basis of Self-Consciousness
The Specific Position of Self-Knowledge in the Totality of
Human Cognition
4. THE TWOFOLD FUNCTION OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE EXPERIENCE OF
SUBJECTIVENESS
Mirroring and Experience
Experience of the Ego Conditioned by the Reflexive Function
of Consciousness
The Ego Constituted as the Subject
The Experiential Manifestation of Human Spirituality
Consciousness and the Experience of Action in the Dimension
of Moral Values
How Does the Ego Help in Understanding Man?
5. THE EMOTIONALIZATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
The Element of Consciousness and the Emotive Element in Man
What Does the Emotionalization of Consciousness Consist in?
Emotionalization and the Twofold Function of Consciousness:
Mirroring and Experience
6. SUBJECTIVITY AND SUBJECTIVISM
Subjectivity Inherent in the Reality of the Acting Person
The Difference between Subjectivity and Subjectivism
Conclusions Leading to the Analysis of Human Efficacy
CHAPTER TWO - AN ANALYSIS OF
EFFICACY IN THE LIGHT OF HUMAN DYNAMISM
1. THE BASIC CONCEPTIONS AND
DIFFERENTIATIONS OF HUMAN DYNAMISM
Introductory Remarks on the Relation of Dynamism to
Consciousness
The Juxtaposition of "To Act" and "To
Happen" as the Experiential Basis of Activeness and Passiveness
The Potency and Act Conjugate as Conceptual Homologue of
Dynamism
The Ambiguity of the Concept of "Act" and
Differentiation of the Experiences of Acting and Happening
2. THE DEFINITION OF EFFICACY
The
Experience of Efficacy and the Differentiation of the Experiences of Acting and
Happening
The Experience of Efficacy and the Causal Relation of
Person and Action
The Experience of Efficacy and Man's Transcendence of His
Acting
The Experience of Efficacy and the Differentiation of
Action out of Various Activations
Man "Creates" Himself in Action: the Roots of
Human Ethos
3. THE SYNTHESIS OF EFFICACY AND
SUBJECTIVENESS. THE PERSON AS A BASIC ONTOLOGICAL STRUCTURE
The Differentiation between Acting and Happening Contrasts
Efficacy with Subjectiveness in Man
How the Subject is an Ontological Basis of Action
Man's Ontological Foundation of Action
Differences between Efficacy and Subjectiveness and Their
Synthesis
4. THE PERSON AND NATURE: THEIR
OPPOSITION OR INTEGRATION?
The Significance of the Problem
Nature Defines the Subjective Basis of Acting
Nature Determines the Manner of Acting
Why the Antagonistic Conception of Nature and Person?
Why the Integrated Conception of Nature in Person?
5. NATURE AS THE BASIS FOR THE DYNAMIC
COHESION OF THE PERSON
Efficacy of the Person and Causality of Nature
The Meaning of the "Priority" of Existence over
Action
Personal Existence as the Basis of the Dynamic Cohesion of
Man
Person as the Real Existence of Human Nature
6. POTENTIALITY AND ITS
RELATION TO CONSCIOUSNESS
The Nature-Person Relation in the Potentiality of the Man
-Subject
Potentiality Indicates the Source of the Inner Dynamization
of the Subject
The Different Basis of Activity and Passivity in the
Potentiality of Man
The Relation of Consciousness to Psychoemotive Potentiality
The Relation of Consciousness to Somato-Vegetative
Potentiality
7. THE RELATION OF POTENTIALITY TO
CONSCIOUSNESS EXPRESSED BY SUBCONSCIOUSNESS
Potentiality Comes before Consciousness
Consciousness and the Delimitation of the Psychical and the
Somatic
Introducing Subconsciousness into the Analysis
The Relation of Subconsciousness to the Dynamism and
Potentiality of Man
Subconsciousness Shows Consciousness as the Sphere of Man's
Self-realization
8. MAN IN BECOMING: THE MANIFESTATION OF
FREEDOM IN THE DYNAMISM OF THE MAN-SUBJECT
The Being-Acting-Becoming Relation
The Subject's Differentiated Potentiality and the
Corresponding Spheres of Man's Becoming and Development
Actions Make Man Good or Bad
Freedom Is the Root of Man's Goodness or Badness
The Moment of Freedom Emerges from the Analysis of Human
Dynamism. Freedom and Efficacy of the Person
CHAPTER
THREE - THE PERSONAL STRUCTURE OF SELF-DETERMINATION
1. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PERSONAL STRUCTURE OF SELF-DETERMINATION
In Self-Determination the Will Is Seen as an Essential of
the Person
Self-Determination Shows the Structure of Self-Governance
and Self-Possession as Essential to the Person
Self-Possession Is Presupposed in Self-Governance
2. AN ATTEMPT TO INTERPRET THE INTEGRAL DYNAMISM OF THE WILL
The Reference to the Ego as Object Is Essential to
Self-Determination
Objectification Is More Fundamental than the Intentionality
of Volitions
Self-Determination and the Distinction between the
Experiences of "I will" and "I am willing"
The Experience of "I will" Reveals the
Transcendence of the Person in the Action
In Self-Determination the Reference to the Ego as Object Is
Influenced by Consciousness
The Will Is Governed by the Objectifying Function of
Cognition
The Dialectics of Objectification and Subjectification
Appropriate to the Integral Dynamism of Will
The Immanent Act Is Also an External Manifestation of the
Person
3. FREE WILL AS THE BASIS OF THE TRANSCENDENCE OF THE ACTING PERSON
Self-Determination Reveals Freedom as a Uniquely Personal
Factor
The Difference between the Dynamisms of Self-Determination
and Instinct
Free Will Reflects the Self-Dependence of the Person
The Contextual Meaning of the Transcendence of the Person
The Role of the Objectification of the Ego in the Structure
of Freedom
4. THE SiGNIFICANCE OF THE WILL AS THE PERSON'S POWER OF
SELF-DETERMINATION
Autodeterminism Conditions Independence in Relation to
Intentional Objects of Volition
The Dynamism of Self-Determination Consists in Man's Use of
the Will
The Meaning of the Instinct of Freedom
The Meaning of the Phrase "Man's Instinctive
Acting"
5. DECISION IS THE FOCUS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF FREE WILL
Transcendence versus Appetite
Appetition, Intendedness, and Intentionality
Decision as the Crucial Constitutive Moment in the
Experience of "I will"
Readiness to Strive toward Good Underlies All Volitive
Decisions
6. RESPONSIBILITY IN THE ACTS OF WILL-MOTIVATION AND RESPONSE
What Is Motivation?
The Motivation of Simple Willing and the Motivation of
Choice
The Ability to Decide Is Seen in Choosing
Free Will Manifests Itself in an Independent Determination
of Objects
The Original Dynamism of Acts of Will Disproves Moral
Determinism
The Act of Will as the Person's Response to the Appeal of
Values
7. THE MOMENT OF "TRUTH ABOUT GOOD" AS THE BASIS FOR THE
ACTING PERSON'S PERCEPTION AND TRANSCENDENCE
Dynamic Structure of the Object Common to Cognition and
Will
The Will's Reference to Truth as the Inner Principle of
Decision
The Will's Dependence on Truth and Independence of Objects
The Moment of Truth and the Moral Value of Actions
8. THE COGNITIVE EXPERIENCE OF VALUES AS THE CONDITION OF CHOICE AND
DECISION
Motivation Leads the Will Out of Initial Indetermination
The Special Nature of Cognition as Condition of an Act of
Will
The Moment of Truth about Good is Essential in the
Experiencing of Values
The Axiological Truth and the So-called "Practical
Truth"
9. THE CREATIVE ROLE OF INTUITION IS UNDIMINISHED BY THE JUDGMENT OF
VALUES
Thought and the Efficacy of the Subject
In Judgment Man Has the Experience of Himself as the Agent
of Thought
Correspondence of Judgment and Decision
The Creative Role of Intuition in the Discursive Perception
of Values
CHAPTER
FOUR - SELF-DETERMINATION AND FULFILLMENT
1. PERFORMING AN ACTION BRINGS PERSONAL FULFILLMENT
The Crucial Significance of Fulfillment in an Action
The Inner and Intransitive Effects of an Action
Self-Fulfillment in Action Is Presupposed in Morality
2. THE RELIANCE OF SELF-FULFILLMENT ON THE CONSCIENCE
The Moral Dimension of the Person's Fulfillment in an
Action
The Contingency of the Human Person as Revealed by
Self-Fulfillment
Action's Dependence on the Recognition of Moral Goodness as
Revealed by the Conscience
The Person's Transcendence and its Relation to Truth, Good,
Beauty
The Conscience as the Person's Inner Normative Reality
The Conscience as the Source of Norms of Actions Conditions
the Fulfillment of the Person
3. CONSCIENCE DEPENDS ON TRUTHFULNESS
Why Is the Normative Power of Truth Rooted in the Mind?
The Person's Transcendence and Fulfillment Depend on the
Truthfulness of the Conscience
Normative Power as the Union of Truth and Duty
4. THE OBLIGATION TO SEEK SELF-FULFILLMENT
Duty and the Person's Fulfillment in Actions
The Truthfulness of Moral Norms as Such
The Creative Role of the Conscience
The Transition from Value to Obligation
The Calling to Self-Fulfillment in Action
The Person's Transcendence Evidenced in the Drama of Values
and Obligations
5. RESPONSIBILITY
Obligation Relates Responsibility to Efficacy
Responsiveness to and Responsibility for Values
The Subject's Responsibility for His Own Moral Value Is
Based on Self-Determination
The Relation of Responsibility to Personal Authority
In His Conscience Man Is Responsible to Himself
6. HAPPINESS AND THE PERSON'S TRANSCENDENCE IN THE ACTION
Self-Fulfillment as a Synonym of Felicity
Truth and Freedom as Sources of Felicity
Felicity Derived from the Relation to Others
The Intrapersonal Profile of Felicity
Felicity and Its Reverse Belong to Personal Structure
Felicity Is Not Pleasure
The Person and the Action Remain within the Sphere of
Pleasure and Displeasure
7. THE TRANSCENDENCE OF THE PERSON AND THE SPIRITUALITY OF MAN
The Various Meanings of "Transcendence"
"Transcendence" Expresses the Essence of the
Experience of Acting
The Spirituality of Man and the Person's Transcendence in
Action
The Real Immanence of the Spiritual Element in Man
The Sequence of Comprehensions
8. THE UNITY AND COMPLEXITY OF THE MAN-PERSON
Phenomenological Intuition and the Unity and Complexity of
the Man-Person
The Spiritual Element Underlies the Spiritual Virtuality of
Man
Spirituality Determines the Personal Unity of the Corporeal
Man
The Experience of Personal Unity Helps to Understand Man's
Ontic Complexity
The Experience of the Soul
CHAPTER
FIVE - INTEGRATION AND THE SOMA
1. THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE PERSON'S INTEGRATION IN ACTION
Integration as a Complementary Aspect of Transcendence
Integration as a Complex Unity
2. THE INTEGRATION IN THE ACTION MANIFESTED IN DISINTEGRATION
The Many Meanings of "Disintegration"
Disintegration as a Structural Defect of Self-Governance
and Self-Possession
Disintegration Reveals the Significance of the Person's
Integration in the Action
3. THE PERSON'S INTEGRATION IN THE ACTION IS THE KEY TO THE
UNDERSTANDING OF MAN'S PSYCHOSOMATIC UNITY
Psychosomatic Unity and the Integration of the Acting
Person
The Person-Action Unity Has Precedence over the
Psychosomatic Complexity
Integration Introduces Psychosomatic Activations into the
Dynamic Unity of Action
4. THE INTEGRATION AND THE "INTEGRITY" OF MAN ON THE BASIS
OF INTERACTING PSYCHOSOMATIC CONDITIONINGS
The Fundamentals of Man's Psychical and Somatic Dynamisms
The Outerness and Innerness of the Human Body
The Principle of Man's Psychosomatic Integrity
5. THE PERSON AND THE BODY
Reminiscences of Hylomorphism
The Somatic Constitution and the Person
The Human Body as the Person's Means of Expression
The Man-Person Has and Uses His Body when Acting
6. THE SELF-DETERMINATION OF THE PERSON AND THE REACTIVITY OF THE
BODY
The Dynamism of the Body and the Total Dynamism of Man
The Reactivity of the Somatic Dynamism
Why Can the Somatic Dynamism Be Called Reactive?
The Relation between Reactivity and Vitality of the Human
Body
7. ACTION AND MOTION
The Meaning of the Body's Subjectivity
The Synthesis of Action and Motion
The Moment of Skill in the Action-Motion Synthesis
The Somatic Constitution and Human Mobility
8. INSTINCT AND THE PERSON'S INTEGRATION IN THE ACTION
The Complex Nature of Instinct
The Relation of Instincts to Somatic Reactivity
The Instinct of Self-Preservation
The Instinct of Sex and Reproduction
The Correct Interpretation of Instincts
CHAPTER
SIX - PERSONAL INTEGRATION AND THE PSYCHE
I. THE PSYCHE AND THE SOMA
The Fundamentals of the Psychical Component
The Meaning of the Term "Psyche"
Man's Psychical Functioning and His Somatic Constitution
2. A CHARACTERISTIC OF THE PSYCHE - EMOTIVITY
Etymological Interpretation of Emotivity and Emotion
Emotivity and Reactivity
Emotivity and the Conscious Response of Will
3. FEELINGS AND CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE EXPERIENCE OF THE BODY
Emotive Dynamism as a Concentrator of Experiences
The Affective and the Motor Stimulus
Feeling Places Psychical above Somatic Subjectivity
Feeling Underlies the Consciousness of the Body
Self-Feeling
"Precedence" of Consciousness over Feelings in
Personal Dynamism
4. SENSITIVITY AND TRUTHFULNESS
The Consciousness of Feelings and Man's Individual
Sensitivity
Sensitivity and the Personal Experience of Values
Sensitivity as a Source of Enrichment of the Psyche
5. DESIRE AND EXCITEMENT
Concupiscent Appetite and Irascible Appetite
Excitement as a Distinct Emotive Fact
The Difference between Excitement and Elation
Excitability
Excitability as a Constituent of Instincts
6. "STIRRING EMOTIONS" AND EMOTIVITY
"Stirring Emotions" Differ from Excitement
The "Stir of Emotion" as the Core of Human
Affectivity
The Multifarious Richness of Emotions
Some Criteria of Differentiation
7. THE EMOTIVITY OF THE SUBJECT AND THE EFFICACY OF THE PERSON
Emotions Differentiate According to Their Emotive Content
Spontaneity and Self-Determination
Affectivity is not the Source of Disintegration
The Creative Role of Tensions between Emotivity and
Efficacy
Emotions Tend to Be Rooted in the Subjective Ego
The Role of Emotion with Respect to the Will Stresses
Personal Efficacy
8. THE EMOTIVITY OF THE SUBJECT AND THE EXPERIENCE OF VALUE
Emotivity and Conscious Efficacy
The Expressiveness of Human Experience is Emotional
The Content of Emotions Refers to Values
The Source of the Spontaneous Experience of Value
Relieving of Tensions between Spontaneity and
Self-Determination
9. ACTION AND EMOTION - THE INTEGRATING FUNCTION OF SKILL
Attraction and Repulsion in the Spontaneous Reference to
Values
Moral Decision and Spontaneous Attraction or Repulsion
The Function of Moral Proficiency or Virtue
10. CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR
The Meaning of the Terms
Conduct and Behavior in the Person's Integration in Action
11. THE PERSON'S INTEGRATION IN ACTION AND THE SOUL-BODY RELATION
Human Complexity Revealed in Transcendence and Integration
The Relation of Soul and Body to Integration and
Transcendence
The Current and Hylomorphic Meaning of the Soul-Body
Relation
The Soul as the Principle of Transcendence and Integration
CHAPTER
SEVEN - INTERSUBJECTIVITY BY PARTICIPATION
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCEPT OF PARTICIPATION
Man's Acting "Together with Others"
Understanding "Cooperation" Requires an
Understanding of Human Acting
The Participatory Aspect in the Person's Acting
"Together with Others"
2. THE PERSONALISTIC VALUE OF ACTION
The Performance of the Action Is a Value
The "Personalistic" Value of the Action
Conditions Its "Ethical" Value
The Relation of "Communal Action" to the
Personalistic Value of Action
3. A MORE DETAILED DEFINITION OF "PARTICIPATION"
The Person in the Philosophy of Man
Participation as a Trait of Acting "Together with
Others"
Participation as a Trait of the Person Acting
"Together with Others"
Participation Renders Multiform Interpersonal Relations
Possible
4. INDIVIDUALISM AND ANTI-INDIVIDUALISM
The Theoretical and Normative Significance of Participation
Individualism and Totalism as the Two Limitations of
Participation
Individualism Implies a Denial of Participation
Totalism as Reversed Individualism
The Conception of the Human Being Underlying Both Systems
5. PARTICIPATION AND COMMUNITY
Participation as a Constitutive Factor of the Community
The Community Is Not the Subject in Acting
Associational Relationship and Community Membership
Associational Relationship Differs from Participation
6. PARTICIPATION AND THE COMMON GOOD
The Common Good and the Problem of Community and
Participation
Teleological and Personalistic Conceptions of the Common
Good
The Common Good as the Foundation of Authentic Human
Communities
7. "AUTHENTIC" ATTITUDES
A Pre-ethical Analysis
The Attitude of Solidarity
The Attitude of Opposition
The Sense of Dialogue
8. "NONAUTHENTIC" ATTITUDES
Authentic and Nonauthentic Attitudes
Conformism as a Nonauthentic Attitude
Noninvolvement as a Nonauthentic Attitude
9. FELLOW MEMBER AND NEIGHBOR
Two Interrelated Systems of Reference
The Interrelation of All Men in Humanness
Participation Consists in Sharing the Humanness of Every
Man
10. THE COMMANDMENT OF LOVE
The Neighbor as the Fundamental System of Reference
The Commandment of Love Discloses the Roots of Alienation
The Commandment of Love as the Rule of Being and Acting
"Together with Others"