Psychology and the natural law of reparation [electronic resource] / C. Fred Alford.

By:

Alford, C. Fred

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (183 p.)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1280480505
9786610480500
0511220588
0511221444
0511219512
0511316380
0511498616
0511220197

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:

616.89/14

LOC classification:

RC489.R48 A44 2006

Online resources:

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Antigone and the Natural Law; 2 Young People, Relativism, and the Natural Law; 3 Natural Law and Natural Evil; 4 Making Reparation Moral; References; index

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
e-book	KNCHR Library SharePoint	Non-Fiction	RC489.R48 A44 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index.

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.

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