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The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy book cover

1st Edition

The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy

Edited By Adrienne M. Martin Copyright 2019
504 Pages
by Routledge

504 Pages
by Routledge

504 Pages
by Routledge
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The Routledge Handbook of Love in Philosophy collects 39 original chapters from prominent philosophers on the nature, meaning, value, and predicaments of love, presented in a unique framework that highlights the rich variety of methods and traditions used to engage with these subjects. This volume is structured around important realms of human life and activity, each of which receives its own... Read more

Introduction, Adrienne M. Martin









Part I. Family and friendship









    1. Love and friendship, Diane Jeske








    2. Early Relationships, Pathologies of Attachment, and the Capacity to Love, Monique Wonderly







    3. "Mama, do you love me? A defense of unloving parents," Sara Protasi






    4. Loving and (or?) choosing our children: disability, unconditional parental love, and prenatal selection Joseph A. Stramondo






      5. Part II. Romance and sex





    5. Love, romance, and sex, Troy Jollimore








    6. All Hearts in Love Use Their Own Tongues: Concepts, Verbal Disputes, and Disagreeing About Love, C.S.I Jenkins







    7. The normative potency of sexually exclusive love, Jennifer Ryan Lockhart






    8. Queer Bodies and Queer Love, Maren Behrensen






    9. Plato on love and sex, Jeremy Reid








    10. Eros and Agape in Interpersonal Relationships: Plato, Emerson, and Peirce, Daniel G. Campos







    11. Threats, Warnings, and Relationship Ultimatums, Hallie Liberto






      12. Part III. Politics and society





    12. Love and marriage, Brook J. Sadler






    13. Love, anger, and racial justice, Myisha Cherry






    14. Love and political reconciliation, Colleen Murphy






    15. The morning stars will sing together: compassion, nonviolence, and the revolution of the heart, Cheyney Ryan






      16. Part IV. Animals, nature, and the environment





    16. Love and animals: Simone Weil, Iris Murdoch and attention as love, Elise Aaltola






    17. On the love of nature, Rick Anthony Furtak






    18. Caring to be green: the importance of love for environmental integrity, Cheryl Hall






      19. Part V. Art, faith, and meaning





    19. Love and beauty in eighteenth-century aesthetics, Paul Guyer






    20. Love songs, Noël Carroll






    21. How faith secures the morality of love, Sharon Krishek






    22. What is this thing called love?, Luc Bovens






      23. Part VI. Rationality and morality





    23. Reasons for love, Esther Engels Kroeker






    24. Reasons of love, Katrian Schaubroeck


    25. Love and agency, Kyla Ebels-Duggan






    26. Love, practical reasons, and African philosophy, Sandy Koullas






    27. Love and moral structures: how love can reshape ethical theory, J.L.A. Garcia






    28. Moral normativity and the necessities of love, Harry Frankfurt






    29. Love and hatred, Jens Haas and Katja Maria Vogt






      30. Part VII. Traditions: Historical and Contemporary





    30. The Confucian and Daoist traditions on love, David B. Wong






    31. Love: India’s distinctive mor

Biography

Adrienne M. Martin is Akshata Murty ’02 and Rishi Sunak Associate Professor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and George R. Roberts Fellow, at Claremont McKenna College. She is the author of How We Hope: A Moral Psychology (2013).

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