Bohater a naród

Abstract

The article indicates conditions of national heroism and criteria which a human must fulfill in order to deserve to be a hero. Heroism consists in making deeds in accordance with the rules of ethics and in the extraordinarily difficult circumstances, which proves more-than-average personality of the heroic person. The national heroism accepts exclusively personalistic ethics. That is why the deeds of a national hero serve both the good of this hero and that of the entire nation.