Readership: Students and scholars of philosophy; psychologists interested in emotions, the self, and personal relationships.
Bennett W. Helm, Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania
"...detailed and compelling arguments...a convincing and engaging account of love tied to conceptions of personhood and the morally good life."
1: Introduction Part I Caring 2: Agency, Emotions, and the Problem of Import 3: Caring about Others Part II Loving 4: Values: Loving Oneself 5: Love As Intimate Identification 6: Justification and Non-Fungibility of Love Part III Friendship and the Self 7: Paternalistic Love and External Reasons 8: Friends Are Other Selves Postscript Bibliography Index
