Man for himself : an inquiry into the psychology of ethics /: an inquiry into the psychology of ethics. ([2020?])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Erich Fromm ; with new introduction by Rainer Funk.
• Authors: Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980
• Other Names: Funk, Rainer writer of introduction.
• Contents: Introduction to Routledge Classics Edition -- Foreword -- I The Problem -- II Humanistic Ethics: The applied science of the art of living -- 1. Humanistic vs. Authoritarian Ethics -- 2. Subjectivistic vs. Objectivistic Ethics -- 3. The Science of Man -- 4. The Tradition of Humanistic Ethics -- 5. Ethics and Psychoanalysis -- III Human Nature and Character -- 1. The Human Situation -- A. Man’s biological weakness -- B. The existential and the historical dichotomies in man -- 2. Personality -- A. Temperament -- B. Character -- (1) The dynamic concept of character -- (2) Types of character: the nonproductive orientations -- (A) The receptive orientation -- (B) The exploitative orientation -- (C) The hoarding orientation -- (D) The marketing orientation -- (3) The productive orientation -- (A) General characteristics -- (B) Productive love and thinking -- (4) Orientations in the process of socialization -- (5) Blends of various orientations -- IV Problems of Humanistic Ethics -- 1. Selfishness, Self-Love, and Self-Interest -- 2. Conscience, Man’s Recall to Himself -- A. Authoritarian conscience -- B. Humanistic conscience -- 3. Pleasure and Happiness -- A. Pleasure as a criterion of value -- B. Types of pleasure -- C. The problem of means and ends -- 4. Faith as a Character Trait -- 5. The Moral Powers in Man -- A. Man, good or evil? -- B. Repression vs. productiveness -- C. Character and moral judgment -- 6. Absolute vs. Relative, Universal vs. Socially Immanent Ethics -- V The Moral Problem of Today -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2003
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 171.2; Humanistic ethics; PHILOSOPHY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / General; PSYCHOLOGY / Interpersonal Relations; Humanistic ethics; Humanistic ethics; Charakter -- Ethik -- Psychoanalyse; Ethik -- Charakter -- Psychoanalyse; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000082784; 1000082784
• Related ISBNs: 9780415307710; 0415307716
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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