Man
This author argued that "the modern concept of self-interest is a strange blend… that of Calvin and Luther on the one hand, and on the other, that of progressive thinkers like Spinoza" in a book that conceives of character as productive and non-productive "orientations". He used the example of K. from Kafka's The Trial to illustrate the necessity for a "humanistic conscience." A work by this author has a final section on "The Moral Problem of Today," and concludes that "we have made ourselves into instruments for purposes outside ourselves, that we experience and treat ourselves as commodities," and argues that the decision for how the future will be depends on the willingness of people to assume the title attitude. Man For Himself is a work of humanistic psychology by, for 10 points, what German psychologist, who also wrote The Art of Loving and Escape From Freedom?
This author argued that "the modern concept of self-interest is a strange blend… that of Calvin and Luther on the one hand, and on the other, that of progressive thinkers like Spinoza" in a book that conceives of character as productive and non-productive "orientations".
Erich Fromm [or Erich Seligmann Fromm]