In the service of the human person: the life, thought, and work of Karol Wojtyla/Pope John Paul II -- Person and act -- The person acting in community -- The theology of the body -- The vulnerable and the mystery of Jesus Christ -- The vulnerable as actors in the social encyclicals of Pope John Paul II -- The vulnerable as persons and actors in Evangelium vitae -- Developing the philosophical foundation of Pope John Paul II's anthropology of the vulnerable