Psychology and the natural law of reparation

"Are there universal values of right and wrong, good and bad, shared by virtually every human? The tradition of the natural law argues that there are. Drawing on the work of psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, C. Fred Alford adds an extra dimension to this argument: We know these truths because we have hated before what we have loved, and have wished to destroy before we have wanted to preserve. Natural law is built on 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 part which would destroy what we truly know to be good."--Jacket.

Year

2006

Language

English

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Editions

5

ISBN

9780511498619

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