Philosophy and friendship /

A philosophical exploration of the meaning and significance of friendship. This book explains the persistence of friendship today in the light of the history of philosophical approaches to the subject. It considers ideals of intimacy and fusion in the context of claims that such ideals are unrealist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lynch, Sandra
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Friendship > Philosophy.
Amitié > Philosophie.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Friendship > Philosophy
Vriendschap.
Filosofische aspecten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface
  • PART I Identity and Difference in Philosophical Conceptions of Friendship
  • 1 Approaching the Kaleidoscope of Friendship
  • Friendship: the Fluidity of the Concept
  • Ancient Notions of Friendship
  • The Aristotelian Taxonomy
  • The Kantian Taxonomy
  • 2 The Friend as Another Self
  • Friendship and Identification with the Other
  • The Friend as a Second Self
  • Elective Affinity
  • Friendship and Self-Sufficiency
  • 3 The Other Self as Friend
  • Difference: Threats and Challenges
  • Self-Consciousness and its Implications for Friendship
  • Celebrating Difference
  • Friendship, Illusion and Fragility
  • PART II Friendship as an Ethical Relationship
  • 4 Re-Imagining the Possibilityof Friendship
  • The Moral Significance of Friendship
  • Aristotelian and Kantian Heritage
  • Intentionality and Inclination
  • Resolving Tension
  • Duty, Difference and Expectation
  • PART III The Relationship between Friendship and Self-Understanding
  • 5 Seeing Oneself as Friend
  • Friendship and the Constitution of the Self
  • Thinking Reasonably about Emotion
  • Emotions, Judgements and Characterisation
  • Reading the Other: Imaginative Transfer and the Integration of Reason and Emotion
  • Seeing Oneself as Friend: Self-love and Self-concern
  • Friendship, Self-Knowledge and Understanding
  • 6 Friendship in Contemporary Life
  • Friendship, Fragmentation and Creativity
  • Balance in an Unstable Enterprise
  • The Ambiguity of Friendship
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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