Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-325) and index.
Contents
The hermeneutical problem of reading Freud -- The determinism-free will problem -- Reconciling the paradox : psychic determinism and moral responsibility -- Overview of psychological egoism -- The pleasure principle and psychological hedonism -- Narcissism --Object love -- On modifying normative standards : the case of the love commandment -- Normative aspects of psychoanalytic practice -- Toward a psychoanalytically informed ethic -- How is practical reason guided? : happiness and the basic goods of life -- Normative principles and social theory.
