Granica polsko-białoruska: między miłosierdziem, a racją stanu.

The aim of this article is to show the reader what the attitudes of mercy and reason of state are characterized in the context of the events taking place on the Polish-Belarusian borderland, which is broadly referred to as a humanitarian crisis. Motivations behind these attitudes will be presented. The article will verify the hypothesis that the attitude of mercy is not always possible to implement when the state and its citizens are at risk, because the authority at the head of these citizens is supposed to protect them, and only then provide possible help to others. Both attitudes are juxtaposed with each other. The research method used in writing this article was the empirical method. The article has been divided into individual chapters. The article presents the results of research in which it was established that mercy is possible only by individual people, and the reason of state is the attitude followed by the rulers, under which they strive for the security of citizens and the state. State authorities can only support the actions of individual people made in the thought of mercy. However, it should be emphasized that currently there are two attitudes of mercy - factual and superficial. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]