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   Apr 8, 2005 · I love doing philosophy (or being a father). I love my dog (or cat). I love my wife (or mother or child or friend). However, what is meant by ‘love’ differs from case to case. (1) may be understood as meaning merely that I like this thing or activity very much.

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   Mar 16, 2012 · For the political philosopher, the question of how—or whether—society and the state should organize sex, love, and intimacy is urgent, but recent attention has focused mainly on a set of narrow questions surrounding marriage law: same-sex marriage, or not; polygamy, or not, abolition, or not.

3. iep.utm.edu › lovePhilosophy of Love | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   The idea of romantic love initially stems from the Platonic tradition that love is a desire for beauty-a value that transcends the particularities of the physical body. For Plato, the love of beauty culminates in the love of philosophy, the subject that pursues the highest capacity of thinking.

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   Jul 11, 2009 · More fundamentally, while the contemporary Western ideal of marriage involves a relationship of love, friendship, or companionship, marriage historically functioned primarily as an economic and political unit used to create kinship bonds, control inheritance, and share resources and labor.

5. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 34722Love and Caring | The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of ...

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   Feb 6, 2017 · After identifying and exploring views that describe types of intimacy that suffice, but are too demanding to deem necessary, for love, this chapter develops a more ecumenical proposal for love’s distinctive character that unifies a central insight in the preceding views.

6. askaphilosopher.org › philosophical-views-on-lovePhilosophical views on love – Ask a Philosopher

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   Oct 8, 2014 · Modern philosophers have proposed four different, though perhaps partially overlapping, conceptions of love that are significantly distinct from those of the ancients: (1) love as an emotion, (2) love as a ‘robust concern,’ (3) love as a union, and (4) love as valuing the other.

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   What do modern philosophers believe about love?

   • Modern philosophers have proposed four different, though perhaps partially overlapping, conceptions of love that are significantly distinct from those of the ancients: (1) love as an emotion, (2) love as a ‘robust concern,’ (3) love as a union, and (4) love as valuing the other. Let us start with the idea of robust concern.

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   What is a philosophy of Love?

   • The task of a philosophy of love is to present the appropriate issues in a cogent manner, drawing on relevant theories of human nature, desire, ethics, and so on. 1. The Nature of Love: Eros, Philia, and Agape The philosophical discussion regarding love logically begins with questions concerning its nature.

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   How do we define love?

   • Love is also likely defined in part by how such features came about and how they interact with one another. Our primary concern is not to define love, but rather to show how we might identify and better understand a central feature on which the difference between love and mere caring turns.

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   Is marriage philosophically undertheorized?

   • A greater variety of reconfigurations of marriage should be contemplated. This introduction explores these and other key themes of the book. It also surveys the history of marriage and the history of philosophical debates over marriage. Marriage is philosophically undertheorized. This is not because it lacks philosophical interest.

   Introduction Marriage and Philosophy - Oxford Academic

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   What is a philosophical account of Love?

   • Philosophical accounts of love have focused primarily on the sort of personal love at issue in (4); such personal love will be the focus here (though see Frankfurt (1999) and Jaworska & Wonderly (2017) for attempts to provide a more general account that applies to non-persons as well).

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   What is a recurrent theme in the philosophy of marriage?

   • These medievals sound another recurrent theme in the philosophy of marriage, the alleged conflict between passionate or erotic love and duty. We will pick this thread up again with the nineteenth-century free lovers.

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8. open.umn.edu › opentextbooks › textbooksThe Meaning of Love - Second Edition - Open Textbook Library

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   Mar 5, 2020 · This book explores the philosophical views on the meaning of love. The text explores a variety of topics used to define love, including attraction, relationship satisfaction, emotional, and ethical considerations.