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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
Translator’s Foreword
Editors’ Introduction to the Polish Edition (1979)
Author’s Introduction to the First Polish Edition (1960)
Author’s Introduction to the Second Polish Edition (1962)
CHAPTER I The Person and the Drive
Part One Analysis of the Verb “to use”
The person as the subject and object of action
The first meaning of the verb “to use”
Love as the opposite of “using”
The second meaning of the verb “to use”
Critique of utilitarianism
The commandment to love and the personalistic norm
Part Two Interpretation of the Drive
Instinct or drive?
The sexual drive as a property of the individual
The sexual drive and existence
The religious interpretation
The rigoristic interpretation
The “libidinistic” interpretation
Final remarks
CHAPTER II The Person and Love
Part One Metaphysical Analysis of Love
The word “love”
Love as fondness
Love as desire
Love as benevolence
The problem of reciprocity
From sympathy to friendship
Spousal love
Part Two Psychological Analysis of Love
Impression and emotion
Analysis of sensuality
Affectivity and affective love
The problem of the integration of love
Part Three Ethical Analysis of Love
Lived-experience and virtue
Affirmation of the value of the person
The belonging of a person to another person
Choice and responsibility
The commitment of freedom
The problem of the education of love
CHAPTER III The Person and Chastity
Part One Rehabilitation of Chastity
Chastity and resentment
The concupiscence of the flesh
Subjectivism and egoism
The structure of sin
The full sense of chastity
Part Two Metaphysics of Shame
The phenomenon of sexual shame and its interpretation
The law of absorption of shame by love
The problem of shamelessness
Part Three Problems of Abstinence
Self-mastery and objectivization
Tenderness and sensuality
CHAPTER IV Justice with Respect to the Creator
Part One Marriage
Monogamy and indissolubility
The value of the institution
Reproduction and parenthood
Periodic abstinence: The method and interpretation
Part Two Vocation
The concept of “justice with respect to the Creator”
Virginity and intactness
The problem of vocation
Fatherhood and motherhood
CHAPTER V Sexology and Ethics: A Supplementary View
Introductory remarks
The sexual drive
The problem of marriage and intercourse
The problem of conscious motherhood
Sexual psychopathology and ethics
Therapy
APPENDIX
On the Meaning of Spousal Love
(Concerning the discussion)
1. Spousal love and marriage
2. Spousal love and the human person
3. The “law of the gift” inscribed in the being of the person
4. Spousal love and the “law of the gift”
5. Substantiation of ethical demands for premarital chastity
Translator’s Notes
Editors’ Introduction to the Polish Edition (1979)
Author’s Introduction to the First Polish Edition (1960)
Author’s Introduction to the Second Polish Edition (1962)
Chapter I: The Person and the Drive
Chapter II: The Person and Love
Chapter III: The Person and Chastity
Chapter IV: Justice with Respect to the Creator
Chapter V: Sexology and Ethics: A Supplementary View
Sex
Appendix: On the Meaning of Spousal Love
Index
About the Author
Footnotes
Translator’s Foreword
Editors’ Introduction to the Polish Edition (1979)
Author’s Introduction to the First Polish Edition (1960)
CHAPTER I The Person and the Drive
CHAPTER II The Person and Love
CHAPTER III The Person and Chastity
CHAPTER IV Justice with Respect to the Creator
CHAPTER V Sexology and Ethics: A Supplementary View
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