1. Ethics and aims in psychotherapy: a contribution from Kant.
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Callender, John S. and Callender, J S
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PSYCHOTHERAPY ,HISTORY of medical ethics ,AUTONOMY (Psychology) ,BEHAVIOR therapy ,ETHICS ,HISTORY ,LIBERTY ,LOGIC ,PHILOSOPHY of medicine ,PATIENT advocacy - Abstract
Psychotherapy is an activity which takes many forms and which has many aims. The present paper argues that it can be viewed as a form of moral suasion. Kant's concepts of free will and ethics are described and these are then applied to the processes and outcome of psychotherapy. It is argued that his ideas, by linking rationality, free will and ethics into a single philosophical system, offer a valuable theoretical framework for thinking about aims and ethical issues in psychotherapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1998
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