and Moral Problem‚” ‚” is written by Erich Fromm and in his 1963 essay Fromm argues that obedience is the virtue and disobedience the vice. (Fromm 403). Fromm sees disobedience as a vital to our society and that blind obedience is bad‚ and he uses many examples to try to convince us of this belief. I believe that Fromm has some very good points and makes a strong argument. I agree with many of the main points he makes and his appeal to those are used great in his passage. Although Fromm wrote this
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be. Erich Fromm writes To Have or To Be around this question but in more of a spiritual way. Fromm claims that there are two ways that people can choose to live‚ Being and Having. Fromm’s philosophy is that Having is not truly living‚ which is where “the question” is brought upon the readers. Throughout To Have or to Be‚ Fromm explains the distinctions between Being and Having‚ showing that they are clearly two different lifestyles in order to explain his idea of a new society. Fromm explains
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According Fromm‚ there is a connection between social character and the economic basis of that society. To explain this connection‚ Fromm uses psychoanalysis techniques to bridge the gap. Using Freud’s dynamic concept of character‚ Fromm identifies that society acts in a majority type way‚ meaning that a society usually acts in one type of character type way that drives their motivations. Fromm identifies that social character is that which is shared by most members in a society. In reflecting
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History of Corrections Michael Perdun Professor Mendez CJ232 July 24‚ 2010 The historical development of corrections since the colonial period is very interesting to look into. After the colonial period there were other significant events that led up to how the history of corrections is so important such as the arrival of the penitentiary‚ the reformatory movement‚ the rise of the progressives‚ the rise of the medical model‚ community
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Psychological and Moral Problem‚” by Erich Fromm Summary Disobedience in the human history began with an act of disobedience‚ Failure or refusal to obey rules or in authorities and religious faiths. Is this‚ however‚ a bad thing? Erich Fromm would argue the capacity for disobedience the condition for freedom. In Erich Fromm’s “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem‚” Mr. Fromm described‚ People must want obey‚ instead fearing to disobey. Erich Fromm starts his argument on
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Comprehensive Paper in Theories of Personality about “Humanistic Psychoanalysis” By: Erich Fromm Submitted to: (Professor) In Partial fulfillment for the requirements in Psych 105 (Theories of Personality) Submitted by: (NAME) BS Psychology 2 July 18‚ 2013 BIOGRAPHY Erich Fromm was born on March 23‚ 1900‚ at Frankfurt Germany‚ the only child of Orthodox Jewish parents. He referred himself as an “atheistic mystic” although he did not formally practice religion. He acknowledged
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The Problem of Human Existence We live and then we die. The death part is scary and the living part is quite amazing. The death and after-death part is a great mystery surrounding our existence. One minute we are here‚ another we are gone. What is existence? What is the purpose of existence? This is one big question for us. We are trying to find answers to these questions for ever. In this vast universe nobody has satisfactory answers to these questions. Everyone would like to have meaning in their
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DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 1 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Summaries Name Class Professor Date DISOBEDIENCE AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND MORAL PROBLEM 2 “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” Erich Fromm Erich Fromm’s essay “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem” suggests that humankind’s evolution
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stated the problems that are tackled in this research. Lastly‚ the thesis statements or the researcher’s tentative answer to the problem statements were also presented in this chapter. Background of the Study This pure philosophical study is an exposition of Erich Fromm’s concept of love. The researcher analyzed the text The Art of Loving which explains the philosopher’s conception of love. He cited five various objects of love in his work namely‚ brotherly love‚ motherly love‚ erotic love
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ERICH FROMM 1900 - 1980 Biography Erich Fromm was born in 1900 in Frankfurt‚ Germany. His father was a business man and‚ according to Erich‚ rather moody. His mother was frequently depressed. In other words‚ like quite a few of the people we’ve looked at‚ his childhood wasn’t very happy. Like Jung‚ Erich came from a very religious family‚ in his case orthodox Jews. Fromm himself later became what he called an atheistic mystic. In his autobiography‚ Beyond the Chains of Illusion‚ Fromm talks
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