Psychological determinism
- Psychological determinism
[http://peripatus.blogspot.com/2005/07/psychological-determinism.html Dr. Daniel Bader discusses] two forms of psychological determinism.
* Orectic psychological determinism is the view that we must always act upon desire. (compare hedonistic psychology)
* Rational psychological determinism claims that we must always act according to our "strongest" or "best" reason.
Psychological determinism = all behaviour is motivated by unconscious drives, pressures the reason we behave as we do is often unconscious.
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