ethical intuitionism
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Towards Ethical Intuitionism and the Moral Unconscious in Depth-based Practice
Integrating intuitionism and the moral unconscious, this paper proposes an innovative ethical framework to address depth psychology’s dilemmas. Challenging normative ethics’ limits, it draws on psychoanalytic theory and moral psychology to advance nuanced discernment. Emphasising conceptual skills and unconscious wisdom, it advocates experiential-evidence-based praxis through critical reflection. Continue reading
Analyses, Attachment-Based Therapy (ABT), attachment-style, depth psychology, ethical intuitionism, Ethics, Freud, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, mentalisation-based therapy (MBT), moral unconscious, non-conscious, normative ethics, Paul Wadey, unconscious processes, unconsciousnessbiases, consequentialism, countertransference, cultural contexts, depth psychology, ethical decision-making, ethical discernment, ethical intuitionism, ethical sensitivity, Ethics, Freud, Guilt, intuitionism, Jung, moral dilemmas, moral emotions, moral judgments, moral philosophy, moral pluralism, moral reasoning, moral unconscious, moral wisdom, normative ethics, Paul Wadey, psychoanalysis, Shame, transference, unconscious processes, virtue ethics -
The Myth of Confidence: Examining the Forgotten Virtue of Courage through Psychoanalytic Lenses
“The enduring allure of Hamlet’s personal travails—his waning confidence over courage and his emotionality overpowering his rationality—have captured the hearts and minds of audiences for generations. However, to truly appreciate the relationship between confidence and courage in the broadest sense, one might question whether, in recent years, confidence has taken a more prominent position, overshadowing… Continue reading
Adam Phillips, Alfred Adler, Analyses, analytical history, Archetype, Confidence, Consciousness, Courage, cultural unconscious, Dialectic, Essay, ethical intuitionism, Freud, Hamlet, Idealised self, individuation, integrationist, integrative psychotherapy, interdisciplinary, Karen Horney, Myth, Myth of Confidence, Psychoanalytic psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical History, Psychodynamic, real self, Relational psychoanalytic, relational psychotherapy, Social InterestAdam Phillips, adversity, Alfred Adler, Confidence, confidence vs courage, Courage, critical thinking, death anxiety, Desire, Education, ego, empirical research, Empowerment, Ethics, Freud, human psychology, id, idealized self, inferiority complex, Karen Horney psychoanalysis, leadership, Mental health, Neuroimaging, neurosis psychoanalytic theory, Oedipal complex, Paul Wadey, pedagogy, policy, psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy, Psychology, real self, Resilience, self-assurance, self-doubt, self-efficacy, self-esteem, Social Interest, social rejection, superego, terror management theory, unconscious, unconscious drivers, unconscious fears, vulnerability, vulnerability and courage -
Beyond Normative Ethics: Toward an Ethical Intuitionism for Psychoanalysis
‘The Freudian conception of the process by which the subject is constituted is fundamentally dialectical in nature and involves the notion that the subject is created and sustained (and at the same time decentred from itself) through the dialectical interplay of consciousness and unconsciousness.’ — Thomas Ogden My main object in this paper is to… Continue reading