Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Summer 2001
Abstract
From the inception of philosophical counseling an attempt was made to distinguish it from (psychological) therapy by insisting that therapy could not be more misleading. It is true that philosophical counselors should not pretend to be able to heal major mental illness; nevertheless they do contribute to positive health—health understood as something more than the absence of mental disease. This thesis is developed by critiquing Lou Marinoff’s book, Plato not Prozac!, but also by ranging more widely in the literature on philosophical counseling. I also interpret philosophical counseling as a form of philosophical ethics.
Recommended Citation
Martin, Mike W. "Ethics as Therapy: Philosophical Counseling and Psychological Health." International Journal of Philosophical Practice 1.1 (2001): 1-31.
Peer Reviewed
1
Copyright
National Philosophical Counseling Association
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Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Health Psychology Commons, Other Psychology Commons, Personality and Social Contexts Commons, Psychiatric and Mental Health Commons
Comments
This article was originally published in International Journal of Philosophical Practice, volume 1, issue 1, in 2001.