Man for Himself

Name: Man for Himself
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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An Inquiry into the Psychology of Ethics

By: Erich Fromm

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Hardcover | 10 June 1999 | Edition Number 1

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268 Pages

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21.6 x 13.8 x 2.54

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In "Man for Himself," Erich Fromm examines the confusion of modern women and men who, because they lack faith in any principle by which life ought to be guided, become the helpless prey forces both within and without. From the broad, interdisciplinary perspective that marks Fromm's distinguished oeuvre, he shows that psychology cannot divorce itself from the problems of philosophy and ethics, and that human nature cannot be understood without understanding the values and moral conflicts that confront us all. He shows that an ethical system can be based on human nature rather than on revelations or traditions. As Fromm asserts, "If man is to have confidence in values, he must know himself and the capacity of his nature for goodness and productiveness."

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A continuation of Escape From Freedom, this is an enquiry into and an ?? relation of psychology and ethics "leading to the realization of man's self and his ?? tentialities". With much that is experienced here, Fromm is a psychiatrist, learned (in literary as well as medical background), there are the deterrents of the terminology which is rather formidable, of the presentation which is Germanic in its heavi?? Considered here are such subjects as humanistic ethics as against authoritarian; ?? canalytic concepts of "characterology" and the various types of "orientation" (which breaks down into personality types); problems in ethics such as selfishness and self love, conscience, the pleasure principle and happiness, ends and means, faith, with man's submissive attitude towards force and power the greatest moral problem we ??. The philosophy, or ethics here, is that man is "for himself", that he must ?? mine his own standards (humanistic) rather than follow the authoritarian... A popular market is conjectural. Suggest for college library use. (Kirkus Reviews)

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