Rev. Dr. John Arthur Orr PhD Graduation | Liverpool Hope University | July 22, 2014

ratio, which are representative in that they

span his thought from the beginning through

to full maturity.

Reason is used and treated variously by

Wojtyla / John Paul II in these three texts,

specifically anthropologically, metaphysically,

epistemologically, ethically, and politically.

These are classic branches of philosophical

thought and show the breadth of the thought

of Wojtyla / John Paul II. While many

secondary sources have been produced

addressing the thought and writings of

Wojtyla / John Paul II none have focused

exclusively on "reason" in Wojtyla / John Paul

II as this thesis does.

By examining "reason" in the writings of Karol

Wojtyla / John Paul II this thesis advances

philosophical study, keeping the conversation

going and advances "Wojtyla Studies."

eason is philosophically

significant. Philosophers

throughout the ages even down to our own

days have used and considered reason.

Reference is made to specific classical

philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle,

Descartes, Locke, Hume and Kant, Hegel and

Blanshard as well as contemporaries such as

Parfit and Singer, as well as Belsey, Warnock

and Blackburn in order to contextualize

reason in Karol Wojtyla / John Paul II.

Karol Wojtyla / John Paul II spent many years

doing philosophical work especially at the

Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), writing

and teaching. While there are many other

texts which could be consulted this thesis

focuses on the philosophical thought of Karol

Wojtyla / John Paul II in the volumes Person

and Community, The Acting Person, and Fides et

R

The Development of the Use of Reason in Karol Wojtyla

and its Influence in John Paul II's Fides et ratio. Thesis Title:

Summary/ committee/photo JP2

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Harry Schnitker (Maryvale Institute)

Chairman of the Viva: Dr. V.A. McClelland (Maryvale Institute Fellow)

Internal Examiner: Dr. Simon Podmore (Liverpool Hope University)

External Examiner: Rev. Msgr. Professor Gilfredo Marengo (Lateran University)

JP2

“Never give in. Never give in.

Never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in,

except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.”

― Winston Churchill

“Have you been

to Lublin? I’ve

been to Lublin!” { } Field Marshal the Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank,

Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University

Dr. Penny Haughan,

Dean of Students, Liverpool Hope University

Professor Gerald J. Pillay,

Vice-Chancellor and Rector, Liverpool Hope University

Monsignor John Devine,

Pro-Chancellor, Liverpool Hope University

A very proud Mom & her son Celebrating the moment

Go with God. Walk in Hope.

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101,104 words

330 pages

744 footnotes

55,951 air miles

The End

Only the Beginning…

Fr. Orr, a priest of the

diocese of Knoxville in Tennessee

USA