Wartości jako wyznaczniki sensu życia współczesnego człowieka

Abstract

Questioning the sense and senselessness of life is inherent to and unavoidable for any human being. Yet what has already been said on the sense of reality and the sense of human existence is gradually losing its force. As Albert Schweitzer said, the modern man lives in an atmosphere of a bazaar of values and ideas. It becomes a danger in a situation when man has more and more influence on the shape of the world. Although individuals gradually get to know more about themselves, there are still vast areas of shortage in self-knowledge. Such a situation does not facilitate the search for sense of life and existence. The foundation for establishing the sense of life is a system of values. The constituents of its structure, as described in the article, are truth, good, and freedom. Experiencing truth, good, and freedom is a prerequisite to a proper construction of one’s life and one’s sense of existence in an increasingly complicated world.