Man for Himself: An Inquiry Into the Psychology of EthicsIn 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. |
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User Review - DrT - LibraryThingThe Art of Loving by Erich Fromm 1/31/22 why I picked up this book. I was interested in reading and I had a few in my shelf. I personally enjoyed this little book, it covers various concepts of love ... Read full review
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User Review - Paul_S - LibraryThingWise man shares his hopes for humanity rather than describes it as it is. His humanism is religious and beyond the praise of virtues in Greek philosophers. Author complains that psychology wrongly ... Read full review
Contents
THE PROBLEM | 3 |
HUMANISTIC ETHICS THE APPLIED SCIENCE OF THE ART OF LIVING | 8 |
2 Subjectivistic vs Objectivisric Ethics | 14 |
3 The Science of Man | 20 |
4 The Tradition of Humanistic Ethics | 25 |
5 Ethics and Psychoanalysis | 30 |
HUMAN NATURE AND CHARACTER | 38 |
a Mans Biological Weakness | 39 |
4 Orientations in the Process of Socialization | 107 |
5 Blends of Various Orientations | 112 |
PROBLEMS OF HUMANISTIC ETHICS | 118 |
1 Selfishness SelfLove and SelfInterest | 119 |
2 Conscience Mans Recall to Himself | 141 |
a Authoritarian Conscience | 143 |
b Humanistic Conscience | 158 |
3 Pleasure and Happiness | 172 |
b The Existential and the Historical Dichotomies in Man | 40 |
2 Personality | 50 |
a Temperament | 51 |
b Character | 54 |
The Nonproductive Orientations | 62 |
b The Exploitative Orientation | 64 |
c The Hoarding Orientation | 65 |
d The Marketing Orientation | 67 |
3 The Productive Orientation | 82 |
b Productive Love and Thinking | 96 |