Proceedings of the XXII World Congress of Philosophy

Volume 20, 2008

Philosophical Anthropology

Spiritual-Moral Aspect in Investigation of Personality's Psychological Defense

Investigation of spiritual-moral factors of psychological defence of personality is being put in practice through Christian cognition about a man and with the help of modern psychological achievement in science. The most important spiritual factors are sin and passion. Sin is observed as one of the reasons of moral men's diseases, which brings to moral, psychological and body's destructions and unconscious psychological defence. Defensive mechanisms is the way to support men's sin passion, blunt conscience, keep positive illusion and unbroken “I” of his personality. All the necessary ways to overcome destructive psychological defence and to get mental healthy are being observed. Confession, prayer, keep eating, taking part in Church Mystery, charity-wisdom are the main ways in Christian Tradition.