{"product_id":"admirable-evasions-how-psychology-undermines-morality-paperback","title":"Admirable Evasions: How Psychology Undermines Morality - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodore Dalrymple\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAdmirable Evasions\u003c\/i\u003e, Theodore Dalrymple explains why human self-understanding has not been bettered by the false promises of the different schools of psychological thought. Most psychological explanations of human behavior are not only ludicrously inadequate oversimplifications, argues Dalrymple, they are socially harmful in that they allow those who believe in them to evade personal responsibility for their actions and to put the blame on a multitude of scapegoats: on their childhood, their genes, their neurochemistry, even on evolutionary pressures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDalrymple reveals how the fashionable schools of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, modern neuroscience, and evolutionary psychology all prevent the kind of honest self-examination that is necessary to the formation of human character. Instead, they promote self-obsession without self-examination, and the gross overuse of medicines that affect the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdmirable Evasions\u003c\/i\u003e also considers metaphysical objections to the assumptions of psychology, and suggests that literature is a far more illuminating window into the human condition than psychology could ever hope to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheodore Dalrymple is a retired physician and psychiatrist. He is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e and frequent contributor to the London \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e, and other leading magazines and newspapers. He is most recently author of \u003ci\u003eNot With a Bang But a Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline, Romancing Opiates: Pharmacological Lies and the Addiction Bureaucracy, In Praise of Prejudice: The Necessity of Preconceived Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThreats of Pain and Ruin\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 130\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759853207840,"sku":"9781641771887","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b5fbf1efbfaf12e850e3f81601ef73d9.webp?v=1780164227","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/admirable-evasions-how-psychology-undermines-morality-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}