- Born in 1945 in Grudziądz, Poland. Philosophical and theological studies in the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), Poland. Ordained in 1974. Member of the Congregation of Marian Fathers.
- Ph.D.: 1978 [Normy i wyjątki. Filozoficzne aspekty dyskusji wokół norm ogólnie ważnych we współczesnej teologii (Norms and Exceptions. Philosophical Aspects of the Discussion about Absolutes in the Contemporary Theology), Lublin 1980].
- Habilitation: 1989 [Natura - rozum - wolność. Filozoficzna analiza koncepcji twórczego rozumu we współczesnej teologii moralnej [Nature, Reason and Freedom. Philosophical Analysis of the Concept of the Creative Reason in the Contemporary Moral Theology), Lublin 1989.
- Since 2003 - Head of the Chair of Ethics KUL, Head of the Scientific Council of the Institute of John Paul II, KUL. Member of the Philosophical Society of Lublin, Member of the Scientific Society of KUL, Vice-President of the Scientific Society of Lublin, Member of the Pontifical Academy Pro Life and several other societies and other committies.
Main topics of investigations
- General Ethics, with a special emphasize on its personalistic perspective;
- Moral conscience and the problem of its rationality;
- Metaethics;
- Social Ethics;
- Ethical standards in Science and Humanities;
- Philosophical Thought of Karol Wojtyła/John Paul II;
- Philosophical Ideas in Contemporary Moral Theology.
Publications
[with: Karol Wojtyła, Tadeusz Styczeń], Der Streit um den Menschen. Personaler Anspruch des Sittlichen, Kevelaer 1979; Normy i wyjątki. Filozoficzne aspekty dyskusji wokół norm ogólnie ważnych we współczesnej teologii (Norm and Exceptions. Philosophical Aspects of the Discussion about Absolutes in the Contemporary Theology), Lublin 1980 [doctoral thesis]; Natura – rozum – wolność. Filozoficzna analiza koncepcji twórczego rozumu we współczesnej teologii moralnej [Nature, Reason and Freedom. Philosophical Analysis of the Concept of the Creative Reason in the Contemporary Moral Theology], Lublin 1989, Roma 19902 [German translation: Natur - Vernunft - Freiheit, Frankfurt am Main, 1992], Pogadanki z etyki [Lectures on Ethics], Częstochowa 1993,19982, 20083 (Ukrainian translation: Besidy z etiky, Lviv 1999), Wokół godności, prawdy i miłości. Rozważania etyczne [On Dignity, Truth and Love. Ethical Studies], Lublin 1995 – and some 200 articles published in Polish, English, German and Italian languages.
