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xiv, 254 pages ; 22 cm |
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Bibliographical footnotes. |
| Contents |
The problem -- Humanistic ethics: The applied science of the art of living -- Humanistic vs. Authoritarian ethics -- Subjectivistic vs. objectivistic ethics -- The science of man -- The tradition of humanistic ethics -- Ethics and psychoanalysis -- Humanistic ethics: the applied science of the art of living -- Human nature and character -- The human situation -- Man's biological weakness -- The existential and the historical dichotomies in man -- Personality -- Temperament -- Character -- the dynamic concept of character -- Types of character: the nonproductive orientations -- The receptive orientation -- The exploitative orientation -- The hoarding orientation -- The marketing orientation -- The productive orientation -- General characteristics -- productive love and thinking -- Orientations in the process of socialization -- Blends of various orientations -- |
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Problems of humanistic ethics -- Selfishness, self-love, and self-interest -- Conscience, man's recall to himself -- authoritarian conscience -- Humanistic conscience -- Pleasure and happiness -- Pleasure as a criterion of value -- Types of pleasure -- Faith as a character trait -- The moral powers in man -- Man, good or evil? -- Repression vs productiveness -- Character and moral judgment -- Absolute vs relative, universal vs. socially immanent ethics -- The moral problem of today. |
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Humanistic ethics.
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Ethics.
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Humanism.
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Psychology.
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