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Abstract

The study examines the ethical thought of the Lutheran theologian Igor Kišš (1932 – 2018), focusing on the relationship between continuity and transformation in his work before and after 1989. It analyses how key normative categories developed across changing contexts. The interpretative framework is shaped by Kišš’ engagement with Luther’s doctrine of the two kingdoms and by his understanding of natural law (lex naturalis) as a principle of love, justice, and humanity. Through a diachronic analysis of selected texts, the study reconstructs the emergence of Kišš’ ethical position from historical and theological reflections to a systematic social-ethical conception. Particular attention is paid to freedom and responsibility, the anthropological grounding of ethics in the idea of imago Dei, and the translation of theological norms into publicly communicable language. The article argues that 1989 did not mark a normative break in Kišš’ thought but an expansion of its argumentative horizon culminating in humanized deontology.