The Two Concepts Of Action And Responsibility In Psychoanalysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8335684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wynn Schwartz (0000-0001-6815-1516, Department of Psychology Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 557-572 |
| Publication date | 1984-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306518403200306 |
| PMID | 6481084 |
| OpenAlex | W1971274987 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 10 |
I have presented two major concepts of action and responsibility which have a role in psychoanalysis and have been confused in the recent literature. Intentional action is the general action concept concerning consciously, preconsciously, or unconsciously enacted goal-directed behavior. Deliberate action is a type of intentional action, performed consciously or perhaps preconsciously, that involves a choice among specific possible ways of achieving a goal. Persons are ethically responsible for their deliberations and also responsible as the agent, deliberate or not, of the manifestations of their personal characteristics. Responsibility for mere agency is not the same as ethical responsibility, but since it is easy to confuse these two concepts they may be hazardous as features of clinical dialogue. Finally, "free will" and "determinism" are discussed as issues that historically attend the above subject matter. "Free will versus determinism" is argued to be a false issue properly replaced by Freud's actual interest in the "overdetermined" multiple motivations of behavior
Action (physics) · Agency (philosophy) · Determinism · Epistemology · Free will · Moral responsibility · Sense of agency · Subject (documents) · Computer Science · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2019 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |