The Self, the Soul and the Psychology of Good and Evil (Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory)

Dilman, Ilham

Routledge（2005/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 176 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415364874
• DDC分類 155.25

Full Description

The way an individual's psychology is intertwined with their morality is the subject of this fascinating book from the pen of the late Ilham Dilman.

Dilman convincingly argues that evil, though it cannot be reduced to psychological terms (it is a moral concept) is explicable in terms of an individual person's psychology. Goodness, by contrast, comes from the person and not their psychology.

Philosophers the world over will want to read this book and see how Dilman skilfully defends his arguments.

Contents

Introduction: the book's structure and contents, 1 Body and soul 2 The self and its identity in human life 3 The self in psychoanalysis: Heinz Kohut and narcissism 4 Shame, guilt and remorse 5 Psychology and human behaviour: is there a limit to psychological explanation? 6 Morality and psychological health 7 Goodness, evil and their respective psychologies 8 Good and evil: summing up and taking stock