Credibility as a Moral Virtue?

Authors

  • Piotr Stanisław Mazur Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15633/lie.2360

Keywords:

human person, credibility, truthfulness, virtue, justice, formal speech

Abstract

The aim of this article is to discuss the moral aspect credibility of the human person. The author proposes to link credibility with truthfulness, which is a feature of formal speech, when it is in agreement with the “transference of the thought of the speaking person.” Truthfulness is a constant and perpetual readiness of the will to render to every man the truth that is due him. The credibility of the human person is the result of truthfulness, meaning that he is someone who is trustworthy (authority) with access
to the truth in any field. Due to the good of the human person, it is necessary not only to be truthful, but also to skillfully use this truthfulness to become credible. Credibility is the virtue of human practical reason that allows the person use his own truthfulness so he can be a trustworthy person. For this reason the author calls it prudent truthfulness.

Author Biography

  • Piotr Stanisław Mazur, Akademia Ignatianum w Krakowie
    Piotr Stanisław Mazur – prof. nadzw., zastępca Dyrektora Instytutu Filozofii, kierownik Katedry Metafizyki i Filozofii Człowieka w Akademii Ignatianum w Krakowie, członek Polskiego Towarzystwa Tomasza z Akwinu. Opublikował m.in.: Intelekt człowieka, Lublin 2004; W kręgu pytań o człowieka, Lublin 2008; Prowidencja ludzka jako podstawa roztropnego formowania zasad życia osobowego i społecznego człowieka, Lublin 2009; Spór o osobę w świetle klasycznej koncepcji człowieka. Studia i rozprawy [red.], Kraków 2012; Wokół genezy człowieka. Studia i rozprawy, [red.], Kraków 2013; Dynamizm – dynamizm ludzki – dynamizm osoby. Studia i rozprawy, [red.], Kraków 2014; Zarys podstaw filozofii człowieka. Antropologiczne zastosowanie metody separacji, Kraków 2016.

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2018-03-31

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2017)

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