{"product_id":"a-philosopher-looks-at-friendship-paperback-softback-9781009255547","title":"A Philosopher Looks at Friendship (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009255547","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Philosopher Looks at Friendship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilosophers often treat friendship as something systematic and earnest. For Chappell it is neither, yet still central to human experience.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSophie Grace Chappell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009255547, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 18 July 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.7 x 12.9 x 1.8 cm, 0.26 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A Philosopher Looks at Friendship is a thorough yet accessible work that seamlessly blends insights of philosophy, literature, film, and even Chappell's own poetry, while providing a realist corrective to philosophy's traditionally idealistic tendencies in appraising friendship. For that, it deserves the attention of those interested in friendship and the philosophy thereof, whether one is encountering the topic for the first time or, like an old, loyal friend, finds oneself revisiting it again.' Michaela Manson, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat is it to be a friend? What does the role of friend involve, and why? How do the obligations and prerogatives associated with that role follow on from it, and how might they mesh, or clash, with our other duties and privileges? Philosophy often treats friendship as something systematic, serious, and earnest, and much philosophical thought has gone into how 'friendship' can formally be defined. How indeed can friendship be good for us if it doesn't fit into a philosopher's neat, systematising theory of the good? For Sophie Grace Chappell, friendship is neither systematic nor earnest, yet is certainly one of the greatest goods of life. Drawing on well-known examples from popular culture, and examining these alongside recent philosophical, political, social, and theological debates, Chappell demystifies and redefines friendship as a highly untidy and many-sided good, and certainly also as one of the most central goods of human experience.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Prelude: eighteen aphorisms\u003cbr\u003e 1. Three friendships, and lots of questions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Philosophers of friendship: an apology\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why I don't start with a formal definition of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 4. Examples of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 5. Beginning the natural history of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 6. Deepening the natural history of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 7. Being with others\u003cbr\u003e 8. Lewis's Four Loves-and Nygren's two\u003cbr\u003e 9. Aristotle's three kinds of Philia-and Aristotle's will\u003cbr\u003e 10. Friendship, love, and second-personality\u003cbr\u003e 11. Friendship as an unemphatic good\u003cbr\u003e 12. Bertrand Russell and his over-emphatic 'German' friend\u003cbr\u003e 13. Sensitivity to tacit knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 14. Innocence\u003cbr\u003e 15. Moralism\u003cbr\u003e 16. Roles and spontaneity\u003cbr\u003e 17. The benefits of friendship\u003cbr\u003e 18. Eighteen quick questions and eighteen quick answers\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ethics \u0026amp; moral philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ethics%20\u0026amp;%20moral%20philosophy%20%5BHPQ%5D%22\"\u003eHPQ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52165308383512,"sku":"9781009255547","price":10.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009255547i.jpg?v=1781098179","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-philosopher-looks-at-friendship-paperback-softback-9781009255547","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}