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Neurotic disorders that block good choices call for psychotherapy, not moral exhortation

Drawn from what Mortimer Adler said

SubjectPsychotherapy
What this subject means

Psychotherapy Treatment by conversation between a therapist and a patient, and the arguments about what in it actually does the work.

What Mortimer Adler actually said

  1. Mortimer Adler American philosopher and educator (1902 to 2001)
    The remedy is medical not moral. What is called for is the recommendation of some form of psychotherapy, not hortatory remarks about virtue or a good moral character.

    Where this was said

    ↗Why Strength of Character Is Needed to Lead a Good Life (from The Time of Our Lives, 1970; The Great Ideas Online no. 40)thegreatideas.org

    c. 1970

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