Joseph Tischner concept of the “axiological I”

Abstract

The author of this paper deals with the issue of the “axiological I” in the Jospeh Tischner’s philosophy of drama, looking for the answer on the following question: why the values? Because man lives in the world of values. The space of human life is penetrated by a certain axiological order. Yet rises a question, is the world of values something else from man himself? A fundamental, objective condition of the experience of values is the “axiological I”. In the “agathologic range” the “axiological I” is a core that forms the selfness. Without the “axiological I” the love would not be possible. The “axiological I” is the condition of love, which have a dialogic character. It discovers the value of the “axiological I” and is fascinated by it.