Psychology and the natural law of reparation / C. Fred Alford.
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...
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| Language: | English |
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2006.
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| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 171 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-161) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511219512 9780511219511 0521863325 9780521863322 9780511221446 0511221444 0511220588 9780511220586 9780511498619 0511498616 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |