Psychology's sanction for selfishness : the error of egoism in theory and therapy created by Michael A. Wallach and Lise Wallach.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Should we be "looking out for number one"? -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: Freud's basic ideas -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: why did Freud think this way? -- Freud and the selfishness legacy: other forms of motivation -- Sullivan, Horney, and Fromm: the significance of the social -- Sullivan, Horney, and Fromm: opposing prescriptions and restraints, promoting self-realization -- Maslow and Rogers: further calls to actualize and be oneself -- Maslow and Rogers: determination from within ourselves, not from outside -- Current academic psychology on human conduct -- Must psychology promote selfishness? the assumption of egoism -- Must psychology promote selfishness? therapeutic benefits from turning outward -- The place of ethics.