The Present Conflict of Ideals a Study of the Philosophical Background of the W
The Present Conflict of Ideals a Study of the Philosophical Background of the W
Perry Ralph Barton
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Society should find for each individual that vocation in which his nature may find an outlet. An older and less original form of this view has termed itself "energism. " 2 It arose as a natural sequel to the rejec- tion of psychological hedonism. It teaches that instead of being governed by the expectation of pleasure to come, human action is governed by the pressure of impulses that seek release. The good life is the life in which these latent energies are called into play, as harmoniously and... as abun- dantly as possible. It is to be noted that this view strongly resembles the old Greek view of the good life, as the normal and perfect func- tioning of the distinctively human capacities. There is a certain restraint in a life so conceived, a restraint imposed by 1 Cf. His volume entitled, The Freudian Wish. 2 Cf. Paulsen's System oj Ethics. GOSPEL OF ACTION 337 nature. The good life in this sense is the healthy life, in which impulses are not only free but well-ordered. Each impulse has its appointed sphere and its appointed limits.
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