Authenticity, moral values, and psychotherapy

Guignon, Charles

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“…Guignon, a philosopher whose expertise is existentialist ethics, believes that to the extent that the existentialist approaches still bought into the assumptions of ontological individualism, they tended nonetheless to perpetuate to very view of human reality they sought to overcome. (Guignon, 1993). Some examples will show how this problem arises.…”

Section: Existentialist Psychologymentioning

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“…Philosophers do worry about the moral task that therapists undertake. Some because they think that therapists may feel poorly equipped by their training to take on this task (e.g., Guignon, 1993), some because they believe that they step beyond their proper domain, that is, the domain of mental health, when doing so (e.g., Pestana, 1998).…”

Section: From Theory To Practice: Morality In Psychotherapymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Morality, psychology, philosophy

Amir¹

2005

Philosophical Practice

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In the last century, psychology has taken over moral questions. Theoretically, it has incorporated moral views into its various theories; practically, psychotherapists use moral discourse in their practice even when not substantiated by theory, as there seems to be a gap between what the theory can offer and the clients' need. I probe the views on morality incorporated in psychological theories in order to expose their unsatisfactory content. I then point out that the practice of psychotherapy makes use of moral discussion. An important consequence of the insufficiency of the theory is that the discussion that actually takes place is in most cases unsubstantiated by theory. I conclude, therefore, that psychologists are not trained to do what they are doing. Moreover, the examination of historical and social factors that led to this situation suggests the conclusion that the role of discussing moral and ethical questions should be taken over by philosophical counselors. One consequence of the argument is that by answering a need in our society created by the weakening of established religion, philosophical practice is much in demand today without being necessarily in opposition to psychology or psychologists.

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Section: Existentialist Psychologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: From Theory To Practice: Morality In Psychotherapymentioning

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Morality, psychology, philosophy

Amir¹

2005

Philosophical Practice

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“…The meaning behind the sentence is that humans live in a communicational world in which language is the means by which they develop the world and human understanding. Consciousness (both ego and alter ego) is found in our language (Guignon, 1993). From such an assumption, only the sciences that take this reality into account can capture the 'human world'.…”

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Phronetic science: a Nietzschean moment?

Kuschel

2016

Journal of Political Power

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The social sciences have long been facing the challenge of establishing their own status.One solution to this challenge has been the use of the natural sciences as a 'model of modernization'. This has led to various critical reactions within social sciences. Two have been particularly relevant recently. The rhetorical angle that Skinner, McCloskey, and Klamer, among others, suggest in their respective disciplines, and the rescue of phronesis by Flyvbjerg, who tries to account for absent realities in the mathematical models as for example power. My hypothesis is that both (the rhetoric angle and the phronetic science) assume and complement each other in a propaedeutic way and can be interpreted as a narratological tendency that corresponds to a Nietzschean moment.

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“…Charles Guignon, for example, claims that the concepts of "authenticity" and "inauthenticity" refer to the ways in which one takes up one's cultural heritage, and thus that "authenticity" is not an individualistic conception in Heidegger's work. "Authentic Dasein," he writes, "remembers" its rootedness in the wider unfolding of its culture and shared history (Guignon 1993). Yet, while there is some textual support for this reading, much of Heidegger's own language and assertions in Being and Time contradicts the picture that Guignon paints.…”

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Feminism, Time, and Nonlinear History

Browne¹

2014

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For the last twenty years, feminist theory has been presented as a series of ascending waves. This picture has had the effect of constraining the way we understand and frame new work as well as de-emphasizing the diversity of past scholarship. The aim of this series is to attract original scholars who will unearth neglected contributions to feminist theory and offer unique interpretations of past scholarship. By breaking free from the constraints of the image of waves, this series will be able to provide a wider forum for dialogue and engage historical and interdisciplinary work to open up feminist theory to new audiences and markets.

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Authenticity, moral values, and psychotherapy

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Morality, psychology, philosophy

Morality, psychology, philosophy

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