Paul C. Vitz

The field of psychology, which once taught us not to value character, is beginning to praise virtues as necessary for the good life. Continue Reading »

Modern psychology, like Caesar’s Gaul, has classically been divided into three parts: there is experimental psychology, test-and-measurement psychology, and therapeutic psychology. All three branches have been in steady operation since the late nineteenth century, and in all three of them one may . . . . Continue Reading »

Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud’s Theory on American Thought and Culture by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. HarperCollins, 362 pages, $25 This book has its flaws, especially with regard to Freudian thought, but its contributions to our understanding of how Freudian concepts were used to . . . . Continue Reading »

In this challenging book, Owen Flanagan addresses a number of important and neglected connections between ethics and psychology. He begins with the suggestion that it is time for philosophers of the moral life to take “a cold, hard look at what is known about human nature.” Psychological . . . . Continue Reading »