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- The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis: A Dialogue
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Psychoanalysis and Culture
summary
Addressing the common ground between ethics and psychoanalysis, W. W. Meissner asks “Does psychoanalysis have anything to contribute to ethical understanding and reflection?” and conversely, “Does ethics have anything to offer analytic understanding of the complexities of human behavior and decision-making?” Both disciplines focus their interest and concern not only on the inner well-being of the individual, but also on questions of his or her adaptation to the outside world, including both intimate personal relations as well as broader societal and communal relations. This book explores and explicates areas of interaction and common interest between these two disciplines in the hope of opening the way to further exploration and dialogue in the understanding of the human phenomenon.
Table of Contents
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- CHAPTER FOUR Volition and Will
- pp. 73-94
- CHAPTER FIVE Freedom of the Will
- pp. 95-112
- CHAPTER SEVEN Narcissism and Egoism
- pp. 131-150
- CHAPTER EIGHT Object Love and Altruism
- pp. 151-175
- CHAPTER TEN Responsibility
- pp. 195-216
- CHAPTER THIRTEEN Character and Virtue
- pp. 267-284
- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Values
- pp. 285-298
- References
- pp. 325-353
- Index of Names
- pp. 355-360
- Subject Index
- pp. 361-371
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791487082
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
55896323
Pages
381
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No