Dalrymple, Theodore

Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality

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ISBN 13:: 9781641771887
author:: Dalrymple, Theodore
format:: Paperback / softback
publisher:: Encounter Books,USA
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2020
Pages:: 130
Dimensions:: 21.6 x 14 x 0.7 centimeters (0.1
Genre:: Nonfiction, Psychology, Mental Health,
Condition:: New
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£15.22

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Theodore Dalrymple's Admirable Evasions offers a critical examination of psychological thought and its limitations in understanding human behavior. Dalrymple argues that many psychological explanations oversimplify complex issues, allowing individuals to shift blame onto various factors such as childhood, genes, or neurochemistry. The fashionable schools of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, modern neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology are seen by Dalrymple as hindrances to genuine self-examination and personal responsibility. Instead, they promote self-obsession without introspection, leading to the overuse of mind-altering medicines. Dalrymple also considers metaphysical objections to psychological assumptions, suggesting that literature provides a more illuminating window into the human condition than psychology can.

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