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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and The Philosophy of Ethics''éthique''
Whereas Freud never systematically spoke on Lacan asserts that ethical thought "is at the ethics center of psychoanalysisour work as analysts, Lacan devoted "<ref>S7 38</ref> and a whole year of his pivotal seventh seminar (in is devoted to discussing the articulation of ethics and psychoanalysis.<ref>Lacan 1959-1960) to precisely this topic. Seminar VII60</ref> Simplifying matters somewhat, it could be said that ethical problems converge in psychoanalytic treatment from two sides: The Ethics the side of the [[analysand]] and the side of Psychoanalysis goes to some lengths to stress that the position [[analyst]].   on ethics Lacan the side of the analysand is concerned to develop is concerned solely with the clinical practice problem of [[guilt]] and the pathogenic nature of psychoanalysiscivilized morality. Its central topic In his earlier work, in line with what we examined in Part 1 concerning Freud conceives of a basic conflcit between the intersubjective structuration demands of subjective desire "civilized morality" and identity, is the desire essentially amoral sexual drives of the analyst as that Other addressed by [[subject]]. When morality gains the patient upper hand in this conflict, and implicated the drives are too strong to be sublimated, sexuality is either express in perverse forms or repressed, the way latter leading to [[neurosis]]. In Freud'sview, then, civilized morality is at the root of nervous illness.<ref> Freud 1908d</he structures ref> Freud further developed his ideas on the pathogenic nature of morality in his theory of an unconscious sense of guilt, and in his/her desire through later concept of the transference. Neverthelesssuperego, it remains an interior moral agency which becomes more cruel to the extent that Lacan develops his position through explicit engagement the [[ego]] submits to its [[demand]]s.<ref>Freud 1923b</ref>    On the side of the analyst is the problem of how to deal with Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, as well as Kant’s practical writingsthe pathogenic morality and unconscious guilt of the analysand, and also with the texts whole range of Marquis de Sadeethical problems that may arise in psychoanalytic treatment. Moreover These two soruces of ethical problems pose different questions for the analyst: Firstly, Lacanhow is the analyst to respond to the analysand's ethics accord with his metapsychological premisessense of guilt? Certainly not by telling the analysand that he is not really guilt, examined in Part 1or by attempting "to soften, and blunt or attenuate" his theorisation sense of languageguilt,<ref>s7, examined in Part 23</ref> or by analyzing it away as a neurotic illusion. In this Part 3, accordinglyOn the contrary, I want to present Lacanargues that the analyst must take the analysand's understanding sense of ethics as a sophisticated position thatguilt seriously, for at bottom whenever the analysand feels guilty it is because he has, disavowals notwithstandingat some point, given way on his desire."From an analytic point of view, the only thing of which one can be read as a consistent post-Kantian philosophy guilty is of ethics. Part 3 is divided into three sections. The first two sections develop further Lacanhaving given ground relative to one's metapsychological and philosophical tenetsdesire. Section i. involves "<ref> S7, 319</ref>Therefore, when the analysand presents him with a further elaboration of the Lacanian conception sense of guilt, the analyst's task is to discover 'master signifiers'. Section ii. involves an exposition of Lacan’s notion of the where'fundamental fantasy'. Section iii. then examines Lacan’s later notion of ‘traversing the fantasy’ as the basis of analysand has given way on his ethical positiondesire.  56-7
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