Published: 2025-06-30

The Constitution of the Person According to Edmund Husserl

Marek Maciejczak Profil ORCID autora Marek Maciejczak
Studia Philosophiae Christianae
Section: Papers
DOI https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2025.61.A.02

Abstract

This article examines the steps of the process of becoming a person according to Husserl. It shows the main characteristics and phases of the process. Becoming a person is a special kind of commitment that requires perseverance, remaining faithful to the chosen directions of action and values. Self-reflection is also a constitutive factor, as it indicates the directions of action, goals and values, it enables the full realization of one’s own potential. Husserl showed in detail the dynamics of becoming a person responsible for oneself and others, and thus a moral subject. His account combines all the features of the classical concept of a person into a coherent whole. In the conclusion, I pose the question: should we speak of a departure from the tradition-bound notion of a person?

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Received: 11/03/2024. Reviewed: 7/05/2025. Accepted: 20/05/2025.

Keywords:

person, constitution of person, ethics, self-reflection, identity, Edmund Husserl

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Maciejczak, M. (2025). The Constitution of the Person According to Edmund Husserl. Studia Philosophiae Christianae, 61(1), 33–54. https://doi.org/10.21697/spch.2025.61.A.02

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