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Record Nr.

UNINA9910969531203321

Autore

Helm Bennett W

Titolo

Love, friendship and the self : intimacy, identification, and the social nature of persons / / Bennett W. Helm

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2009

ISBN

9780191573262

0191573264

0-19-157326-4

0-19-964256-7

9786612383601

1-282-38360-4

0-19-172238-3

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 316 p. : ill

Disciplina

128.46

Soggetti

Love - Philosophy

Friendship - Philosophy

Emotions (Philosophy)

Identity (Philosophical concept)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Preliminary Distinctions -- 1.2 Ordinary Conceptions of Persons -- 1.3 Intimacy of Love, the Union and Robust-Concern Accounts -- 1.4 Justification, Fungibility, and Love as Valuing -- 1.4.1 Justification and Bestowal Accounts -- 1.4.2 Justification and Appraisal Accounts -- 1.5 Social Action and Friendship -- 1.6 Looking Ahead -- I. Caring -- 2. Agency, Emotions, and the Problem of Import -- 2.1 The Problem of Import -- 2.2 Felt Evaluations and the Constitution of Import -- 2.3 Evaluative Judgment and Single Evaluative Perspective -- 2.4 Conclusion -- 3. Caring about Others -- 3.1 Caring For the Sake of . . . -- 3.2 Caring About Agents -- 3.3 Shared Cares and Engaged Activity -- 3.4 Conclusion -- II. Loving -- 4. Values: Loving Oneself -- 4.1 Standard Accounts of Pride and Shame -- 4.2 Patterns of Person-



Focused Felt Evaluations -- 4.3 Identification: Loving Yourself -- 4.4 Identification, Self-Trust, and Self-Respect -- 4.5 Conclusion -- 5. Love as Intimate Identification -- 5.1 Person-Focused Felt Evaluations -- 5.2 Intimate Identification -- 5.3 Love, Sacrifice, and Phenomenology -- 5.4 Conclusion -- 6. Justification and Non-Fungibility of Love -- 6.1 Justification of Values and Priorities -- 6.2 Discernment and Constancy of Love -- 6.3 Love and Loss -- 6.4 Conclusion -- III. Friendship and the Self -- 7. Paternalistic Love and External Reasons -- 7.1 The Problem of Childhood -- 7.2 Reciprocal Love and Access to Reasons -- 7.3 Developing Persons -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8. Friends Are Other Selves -- 8.1 Intimacy and Standard Accounts of Friendship -- 8.2 Agency v. Goal-Directedness -- 8.3 Plural Robust Agents -- 8.4 Plural Agency and Friendship -- 8.5 Value and Justification of Friendship -- Postscript -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K.

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Sommario/riassunto

Bennett Helm presents a reexamination of our common understanding of ourselves as persons in light of the phenomena of love and friendship. He argues that the individualism that is implicit in that understanding cannot be sustained if we are to understand the kind of distinctively personal intimacy that love and friendship essentially involve.