From morality to mental health : virtue and vice in a therapeutic culture /
Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. In addition to pathologizing wrong-doing, we also psychologize virtue; self-respect becomes self-esteem, integrity becomes psychological integration, and responsibility becomes maturity. Moral advice is now sought primar...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University,
2006.
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| Series: | Practical and professional ethics series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Morality and mental health are now inseparably linked in our view of character. In addition to pathologizing wrong-doing, we also psychologize virtue; self-respect becomes self-esteem, integrity becomes psychological integration, and responsibility becomes maturity. Moral advice is now sought primarily from psychologists and therapists rather than philosophers or theologians. In this wide-ranging, accessible book, Mike W. Martin asks: are we replacing morality with therapy, in potentially confused and dangerous ways, or are we creatively integrating morality and mental health? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-228) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195304713 9780195304718 9780198041474 0198041470 9780199786572 0199786577 |