Quality of life - between freedom and mistification

The concept of t he quality of life presented in the article can be most adequately characterized as an attempt of an individual to implement his/her own way of living. Such an implementation has two aspects. The first can be reduced to external conditions making it possible to realize so-called generative values (external quality of living). The second aspect is treated as a possibility of attaining and expressing human personality. Basic statements of the conception have been illustrated by the characteristics of the quality of life of the unemployed.Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/201