Ścieżki aksjologicznych rozstrzygnięć Stefana Morawskiego (cz. II)

From the very beginning of his work in the field of aesthetics, Stefan Morawski, the outstanding Polish theorist, dedicated much attention to the issue of axiological judgments. The proper subject matter of aesthetics, he postulated, is determined by the field’s characteristic axiology, which, in turn, looks to art for its empirical basis and confirmation. The second half of the article aims to reconstruct key ideas scattered around Stefan Morawski’s many publications. Issues such as evaluation criteria and the hierarchy of the works of art are discussed. The article attempts to present a critical assessment of Morawski’s theoretical