Concepts like love, which the people use in describing, explaining and ordering the
personal relations of themselves and others, have received scant attention in the recent�…

If he chooses, the reader may use this collection casually, as the opportunity to see for
himself what a number of experienced and thoughtful writers have found to be the real�…

The experience of being in love involves a longing for union with the other, where an
important part of this longing is sexual desire. But what is the relation between being in love�…

This book is a philosophical study of love between equals, intended for the general reader.
The Introduction explains the importance of analytic philosophy. Subsequent chapters deal�…

IF LOVE is a capacity of the mature, productive character, it follows that the capacity to love
in. an individual living in any given culture depends on the influence this culture has on the�…

At first glance, love seems to be a psychological state for which there are normative reasons:
a state that, if all goes well, is an appropriate or fitting response to something independent of�…

Two competing accounts of love have become familiar in recent philosophical treatments of
the subject. On one account, love is a response of the lover to qualities he perceives and�…

This introductory text offers a clear, concise look at the philosophy of love. The author's
presentation assumes no previous knowledge of philosophy, providing the humanities�…

Love which focuses on an emotional relationship involving some sense of commitment and
either an ongoing sexual relationship or the potential for such a relationship is viewed and�…

R ecently there has been a resurgence of philosophical interest in love, resulting in a wide
variety of accounts. Central to most accounts of love is the notion of caring about your�…