Western Philosophy
Lacan's Psychoanalytic Ethics from the Perspective of Marc De Kesel
Document Type : Original Article
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1 PhD Student in Ethics, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Ethics, University of Qom, Qom, Iran
Abstract
Jacques Lacan's seminar or assembly on psychoanalytic ethics contains the insights and achievements of the psychoanalytic tradition in the field of ethics. According to Marc De Kesel, Lacan's main thesis is that ethics arises from the desire for goodness. Therefore, Lacan's main emphasis in ethics is on the category of desire. Lacan believes that the axis of psychoanalytic theory and practice is a purely ethical matter. Ethics is at the center of psychoanalytic work from two perspectives: both from the psychoanalyst's perspective and from the perspective of the patient or psychoanalyst. The patient is grappling with the issue of guilt and the unsatisfactory nature of morality arising from civilization, as formulated by Freud in Civilization and Its Discontents. On the other hand, the psychoanalyst is also faced with the issue of how to deal with the patient's unconscious guilt and take this feeling seriously. In this research, we have examined Marc de Kesel's report on his encounter with Lacan's seminar on psychoanalytic ethics. Our research has focused specifically on the first chapter of Marc de Kesel's book, because we believe that in this section of his book, De Kesel has well formulated and outlined the general outlines of psychoanalytic ethics clearly and coherently.
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