Oraison, Marc. creator text nyu Garden City, N.Y Doubleday 1972 monographic eng

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117 pages ; 22 cm. Mankind, in its eternal search for an ideal of behavior capable of conferring happiness–i.e., capable of banishing man's fundamental insecurity–has sought, through a diversity of cultures and over thousands of years, to lay down certain points of reference, certain principles, certain "values"to guide him in that search. It now seems that one of the most important aspects of the present moral crisis is that these traditional values, once regarded as enduring, if not immutable, have been de–mythologized–or, if you prefer, debunked... But having rejected the litany of "bourgeois"values, what are we left with? Where shall we look now for our true and ultimate moral values? Amid the anguished uncertainty that pervades the present age, it is of overriding importance, if we are to arrive at systematic understanding of man as man, to declare, loudly and at length, that love, in its broadest meaning, is the only value capable of dynamizing man's acts and his moral strivings. Youth–A Symbol of Search -- Morality–An Uncertain Science -- False Values -- The Ultimate Value: Love -- Sexual Perspectives -- A Dramatic Morality Postface by R. Simon. Translated by J.F. Bernard. Translation of Pour une éducation morale dynamique. Christian ethics BJ 1252 .O713 170 0632 1972 70181480 DLC 880309 20260817113805.0 3600542 spa