Placing the concept of human dignity in the preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland reaffirms it as the foundation of the entire legal system in the state, where it has the status of a value determining application of all norms. Defining sense of human dignity and uncovering its sources is the goal not of the legal doctrine, however, but of philosophy. This paper is an attempt at answering the question, what reality is the person’s dignity from the viewpoint of personalism and what constitutes it. Answering this question is crucial to the process of law institution and application.Umieszczenie pojęcia godności człowieka w preambule Konstytucji Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej potwierdza, że stanowi ona podstawę całego porządku prawne...