02710nam 2200673 a 450 991046139370332120200520144314.01-283-22456-997866132245690-7657-0792-6(CKB)2670000000107863(EBL)744842(OCoLC)745866990(SSID)ssj0000542630(PQKBManifestationID)12208073(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000542630(PQKBWorkID)10510564(PQKB)10629176(SSID)ssj0000778125(PQKBManifestationID)12334586(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000778125(PQKBWorkID)10762890(PQKB)11742350(MiAaPQ)EBC744842(Au-PeEL)EBL744842(CaPaEBR)ebr10492811(CaONFJC)MIL322456(EXLCZ)99267000000010786320100524d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhy it is good to be good[electronic resource] ethics, Kohut's self psychology, and modern society /John H. RikerLanham, Md. Jason Aronsonc20101 online resource (194 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7657-0791-8 0-7657-0790-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The moral problem of modernity -- Kohut's theory of the self -- Kohut and the philosophic tradition -- A new metapsychology : Freud, Aristotle, Heidegger, and Kohut -- Why it is good to be good -- A self psychological vision of ethical life -- Self psychology and modernity : actualizing self in the age of desire -- Social transformations.In Why It Is Good to be Good, John H. Riker shows how modernity's reigning concept of the self undermines moral life and lays the basis for the epidemic of cheating that is devastating social and economic institutions. He argues that by accepting Kohut's brilliant and original psychoanalytic concept of the self, modernity can have a naturalist account for showing why it is personally good to be a morally good person.EthicsSelf psychologyPsychology and philosophyElectronic books.Ethics.Self psychology.Psychology and philosophy.170Riker John H.1943-932926MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461393703321Why it is good to be good2099781UNINA