Na pomoc pomocy

The author analyzes aid as it is perceived nowadays. I argue that, as a result of many factors, there has been an overflow of meanings of aid and thus not everything that is commonly regarded as aid is, in fact, aid in its essential meaning. I distinguish between aid activities and apparent aid activities and indicate that, at the same time, aid elements determine that a given action becomes aid. The distinction between real aid and an apparent aid activity is important due to the fact that granting aid is a constitutive element of human nature.