ABSTRACT

THE ANTIDEPRESSION measures that have been presented in the preceding chapters are means to an end, namely, continuous full employment. The validity, adequacy, appropriateness, effectiveness, and feasibility of these and other means depend basically upon value judgments with respect to social objectives, including full employment and many others. Disagreement on general or ad hoc antidepression measures stems partly from differences of theoretical diagnosis but principally from differences of normative judgment as to what kind of a full-employment society we ought to have. 1