Psychology and the natural law of reparation

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Label

Psychology and the natural law of reparation

Statement of responsibility

C. Fred Alford

Creator

• Alford, C. Fred

Subject

• Electronic books
• Electronic books
• Ethics
• Natural law
• Natural law
• PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychotherapy | General
• Psychology
• Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy
• Psychotherapy -- ethics
• Reparation (Psychoanalysis)
• Reparation (Psychoanalysis)
• Psychology

Language

eng

Summary

Are there universal values of right and wrong, good and bad, shared by virtually every human? The tradition of natural law argues that there is. Drawing on the work of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, whose analyses have touched upon issues related to original sin, trespass, guilt, and salvation through reparation, in this 2006 book C. Fred Alford adds an extra dimension to this argument: we know natural law to be true because we have hated before we have loved and have wished to destroy before we have wanted to create. Natural law is built upon the desire to make reparation for the goodness we have destroyed, or have longed to destroy. Through reparation, we earn salvation from the most hateful part of ourselves, that which would destroy what we know to be good

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Cataloging source

COCUF

Dewey number

616.89/14

Index

index present

Language note

English

LC call number

RC489.R48

LC item number

A44 2006eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

• 2006 J-546
• WM 420

NLM item number

A389p 2006