The Moral Argument: Freud
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- The Moral Argument: Freud.
- Unconditional and objective moral law considers it our duty to obtain the summum bonum.
- Freud challenged this: do not need to obtain something that is beyond our reach then we do not require God to enable us to do so.
- Our sense of moral obligation is not objectively binding.
- Comes from our own mind.
- Subconcious part called the super ego.
- Comes from our own mind.
- Psychological conflict between most basic desires and controlling influences e.g society, parents
- Subconscious desires are potentially dangerous.
- Can be self destructive as it is incompatible with survival in society.
- To survive we have to control desires within the limits imposed by society.
- Can be self destructive as it is incompatible with survival in society.
- Mind acts as a mediator between our subconcious impulses and societies demands.
- Conscious restricts our behaviour and banishes innermost desires of guilt.
- Freud said Kant's Moral Objective result of inner conflict.
- Unconditional and objective moral law considers it our duty to obtain the summum bonum.
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