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

Author/creator Helm, Bennett W.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxiii, 316 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Caring. Agency, emotions, and the problem of import ; Caring about others -- Loving. Values : loving oneself ; Love as intimate identification ; Justification and non-fungibility of love -- Friendship and the self. Paternalistic love and external reasons ; Friends are other selves -- Postscript.
Summary Bennett Helm re-examines 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 involve.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-312) and index.
LCCN 2010277873
ISBN9780199567898 (hbk.)
ISBN0199567891 (hbk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks BD436 .H45 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold