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Psychology and the Moral Problems of Our Time1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2009

Extract

The title of this lecture, as it stands now, is “Psychology and the Moral Problems of Our Time.” When I received the extremely flattering invitation to address you, the proposed title was “Light from Psychology on the Moral Problems of Our Time,” and as I am not by any means sure that Psychology throws a very clear light upon our problems, I begged that the title might be toned down. I say this at the outset, because I am afraid that you may be disappointed by the emptiness of the psychological cupboards—at any rate so far as illumination upon the moral problems of our times is concerned, and if I were to appear before you claiming to be a torchbearer, you would be justified in accusing me of false pretences.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1948

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References

page 232 note 1 Glueck, S. and E. T., : After-Conduct of Discharged Offenders, University of Cambridge English Studies in Criminal Science (Macmillan, 1945)Google Scholar.