라캉의 정신분석학 윤리에 대한 비판적 고찰 = A Critical Review on Lacan`s Ethics of Psycoanalysis

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It is possible to summarize Lacan`s ethics of psychoanalysis as a command, Do not give up your desire. Also, Lacan presented a question as a criterion of ethical behavior, Have you acted in conformity with your desire? Lacan rejected ethics of common sense and refused to pursue traditional moral issues such as the good, happiness, and law-abiding. Instead, he looked for alternative ethics which sought satisfaction through violation of the prohibition, because Lacan regarded traditional ethics as a mere ideology which contributed to justify and maintain the order of dominant power. Lacan`s ethics of psychoanalysis found its basis from the most unethical desires and violation in the moral behavior which was forbidden. His ethics of psychoanalysis is beyond the principle of pleasure to satisfy ``the death drive``. And it is pleasure and desire to deny attitudes of system compliant with jouissance and the drive. Therefore, Lacan claims that ethics begins from breaking social law and new ethics can be found at the violative behaviors seeking satisfaction of personal desires with forbidden drive. To meet the demand of satisfaction for a pure desire, Lacan`s ethics will eventually go toward a new order. It will endlessly open enormous diversity and uniqueness by the realization of the infinite desire. This ethics will generate unique desires forever and cause cracks on the dominant order. Finally, it will constantly try to establish a new open-order which enables for various desire to co-exist. In the end, however, Lacan`s ethics will create discontinuities and ruptures in place after place, because practical actions to satisfy one`s own desires will continue to collide with uncompromising oppressive dominant order and will be against the dominant ethics which forces to abandon the desire to mature ego. Thus, the ethics of pure desire for a satisfaction of drive with no suppression should be made through sublimation. However, it will demand the subject to cross over traditional moral order which is based upon oppression and utilitarian governance. Finally, it will demand the subject to act for the satisfaction of the desire uncompromisingly and consequently bring destruction of existing order. In conclusion, Lacan`s psychoanalytic ethics is a too dangerous and biased theory to accept as a new comprehensive ethics for the universal value of human life.