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Psychology and the Natural Law of Reparation

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Psychology and the Natural Law of Reparation

Name: Psychology and the Natural Law of Reparation
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521863322
Price: 680.94 HKD
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Author: C.Fred Alford
ISBN: 9780521863322

By C.Fred Alford

Cambridge University Press July 2006

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ISBN-13: 9780521863322
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: July 2006
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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, 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.

Contents:: Preface; 1. Antigone and the natural law; 2. Younger people, relativism, and the natural law; 3. Natural law and natural evil; 4. Making reparation moral.