J. L. Moreno's Concept of Ethical Anger

Authors

  • ZERKA T. MORENO Author

Keywords:

Anger

Abstract

The expression of anger in our society is normally frowned upon. The therapist has to deal with anger in his everyday practice. There is a form of anger that J. L. Moreno described as ''ethical.'' This article deals with some of the ways 1n which anger can be viewed as having an ethical basis.

References

Aristotle. (1974). Nichomachean ethics, Book IV. London: Longmans Green.

Gaylin, W. (1984). The rage within, anger in modern life. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Moreno,]. L. (1946, 1959). Psychodrama, vols. 1 and 2. Beacon, New York: Beacon House.

Peirce, C. S. (1931). Collected papers. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.

Richardson, R. F. ( 1918). The psychology of pedagogy and anger. Baltimore: Warwick & York.

Published

2025-03-14

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 4 (1986): Group Psychotherapy, Psychodrama, and Sociometry

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