Reflection on the authority at a time of a deep anthropological crisis and transformation in all areas of life inspires a lively polemic. On the one hand, the significance and the need for the authority are emphasized but on the other the authority is rejected, as it is perceived as a denial of human freedom and the instrument of coercion. This attitude introduces some confusion and is a cause of misinterpretation, which makes the authority being confused with authoritarianism and freedom with permissiveness. In the modern world, in which a young man becomes more independent, often rebellious, especially during experiencing the crisis of identity accompanying by physiological turbulent transition, he still needs genuine authority of an adult who is able to point the proper way, present a vision of the future, show the example to be followed and provide a sense of security.