The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis
eBook - PDF

The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis

A Dialogue

  1. 381 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis

A Dialogue

About this book

Explores the contributions that psychoanalysis can make to the study of ethics, and vice versa.

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.

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Table of contents

  1. The Ethical Dimension of Psychoanalysis
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. 1. Freudian and Postfreudian Ethics
  5. 2. Psychoanalysis and Ethical Systems
  6. 3. Psychic Determinism and Motivational Principles
  7. 4. Volition and Will
  8. 5. Freedom of the Will
  9. 6. Psychodynamic Hedonism and the Pleasure Principle
  10. 7. Narcissism and Egoism
  11. 8. Object Love and Altruism
  12. 9. Ethical Decision-Making and Self-Deception
  13. 10. Responsibility
  14. 11. Superego and Moral Development
  15. 12. Superego Functions and Conscience
  16. 13. Character and Virtue
  17. 14. Values
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index of Names
  21. Subject Index