1st Edition

Love, Reason and Morality

214 Pages

by Routledge

214 Pages

by Routledge

214 Pages

by Routledge

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This book brings together new essays that explore the connection between love and reasons. The observation that considerations of love carry significant weight in the deliberative process opens up new perspectives in the classic discussion about practical reasons, and gives rise to many interesting questions about the nature of love’s reasons, about their source and legitimacy, about their... Read more

Introduction: An Overview of the Contemporary Debate on Love, Reason and Morality Esther Kroeker and Katrien Schaubroeck 1. Love: The Vision View Troy Jollimore 2. Holding on to Reasons of the Heart: Cognitive Degeneration and the Capacity to Love Andrew Franklin-Hall and Agnieszka Jaworska 3. Attachment, Autonomy and the Evaluative Variety of Love Edward Harcourt 4. Love’s Objects Sam Shpall 5. The Rational Significance of Intimate Relationships Diane Jeske 6. Love’s second-personal character: reciprocal holding, beholding, and upholding Stephen Darwall 7. Intimate Relations: Friends and Lovers Dirk Baltzly and Jeanette Kennett 8. What’s Love Got To Do With It? Morality and Personal Relationships Brook Sadler 9. The What and Why of Love’s Reasons Michael Smith 10. Love and Reasons: The Many Relationships Thomas Hurka