TY - JOUR N2 - A danger of falling into the trap of the naturalistic fallacy seems to unambiguously exclude bodiliness from the search for moral norms . But is it really true that there is no role for the body to play when the intellect occupies itself with formulating moral norms? Undoubtedly the body constitutes – in a sense – the basis of morality, since human freedom can exist only as freedom incarnate. It would be equally difficult to deny that the body constitutes boundaries for morality. Bodiliness may significantly restrain cognitive abilities of men; but it may also reduce their capabilities to fulfill their moral obligations. A major controversy arises over the issue whether the body can influence the content of moral norms. Even if one accepts the validity of the thesis of an intransgressible boundary between the world of facts and the world of values, there is no doubt that man never experiences his body in the same way as he does other material objects. An experience of one’s own body matters significantly in ethical reflection. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/98029/PDF/Machinek.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/98029 PY - 2013 IS - Tom 8 EP - 193 DO - 10.24425/snt.2013.112764 KW - bodiliness KW - naturalistic fallacy KW - moral norms KW - natural law KW - values A1 - Machinek MSF, Ks. prof. dr hab. Marian PB - Polskia Akademia Nauk - Komitet Nauk Teologicznych DA - 2013 T1 - On controversies concerning the normative dimension of human bodiliness T1 - Kontrowersje wokół normatywnego wymiaru ludzkiego ciała SP - 185 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/98029 T2 - Studia Nauk Teologicznych PAN ER -