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Freud's psychoanalytical discoveries have had a profound impact on morals but in this text, the author asserts that Freud is misunderstood on the various psychological issues relevant to morality and the ethical implications that can be drawn from his views. He reinterprets Freud's ideas.

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Part 1 Foundational issues: the hermeneutical problem of reading Freud; the determinism - free will problem; reconciling the paradox - psychic determinism and moral responsibility. Part 2 Psychological egoism: overview of psychological egoism; the pleasure principle and psychological hedonism; narcissism; object love. Part 3 Normative implications: on modifying normative standards - the case of the love commandment; normative aspects of psychoanalytic practice. Part 4 Foundations of ethics in Freudian theory: toward a psychoanalytically informed ethic; how is practical reason guided? happiness and the basic goods of life; normative principles and social theory. Appendix: why take psychoanalytic findings seriously? The credibility of Freudian theory.

Psychoanalysis and Ethics

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      Publisher Yale University Press
      Published 9/28/1994 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780300061673
      978-0300061673
      ISBN-10 0300061676
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      Ethical issues, topics and debates Ethics and moral philosophy

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Freud's psychoanalytical discoveries have had a profound impact on morals but in this text, the author asserts that Freud is misunderstood on the various psychological issues relevant to morality and the ethical implications that can be drawn from his views. He reinterprets Freud's ideas.

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 Foundational issues: the hermeneutical problem of reading Freud; the determinism - free will problem; reconciling the paradox - psychic determinism and moral responsibility. Part 2 Psychological egoism: overview of psychological egoism; the pleasure principle and psychological hedonism; narcissism; object love. Part 3 Normative implications: on modifying normative standards - the case of the love commandment; normative aspects of psychoanalytic practice. Part 4 Foundations of ethics in Freudian theory: toward a psychoanalytically informed ethic; how is practical reason guided? happiness and the basic goods of life; normative principles and social theory. Appendix: why take psychoanalytic findings seriously? The credibility of Freudian theory.

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