Through his clinical work and extensive engagement with major figures of the philosophical tradition, Jung developed an original and pluralistic psycho-ethical model based on the cooperation of consciousness with the unconscious mind.
By drawing on direct quotations from Jung-s collected works, The Red Book, and his interviews and seminars - as well as from seminal texts by Kant, Nietzsche, Aristotle and Augustine - Giovanni Colacicchi provides a philosophically grounded analysis of the ethical relevance of Jung-s analytical psychology and of the concept of individuation which is at its core. The author argues that Jung transforms Kant-s consciousness of duty into the duty to be conscious while also endorsing Nietzsche-s project of an individual ethics beyond collective morality. Colacicchi shows that Jung is concerned, like Aristotle, with the human need to acquire a balance between reason and emotions; and that Jung puts forward, with his understanding of
