{"product_id":"friendship-a-philosophical-reader-paperback-softback-9780801480973","title":"Friendship; A Philosophical Reader (Paperback \/ softback) 9780801480973","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFriendship\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Philosophical Reader\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNeera Kapur Badhwar (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801480973\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 April 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e346 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.907 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\u003cp\u003eA most welcome and timely presentation of significant contributions to this flourishing field of philosophical discourse. Badhwar's introduction is of special value in briefly outlining the history of philosophical speculation on friendship and suggesting more plausible reasons for the neglect of a theme in modern philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e (Australasian Journal of Philosophy) \u003cp\u003eThe anthology gathers a variety of essays—mostly by philosophers—grouped under three general rubrics: 1) the nature of friendship; 2) the attempts by different moral theories (Aristotelian, Christian, Kantian, consequentialist) to account for the experience of friendship; and 3) friendship as a means for exploring larger social and political issues.... All are worthwhile. Some, in particular, will repay careful study.\u003c\/p\u003e (Christian Century) \u003cp\u003eThere is much excellent material here for seminar discussion, and the book will find a place in the ethics classroom as well as on the moral philosopher's bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e (Canadian Review of Comparative Literature)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent years have seen a marked revival of interest among philosophers in the topic of friendship. This collection of fifteen articles is the first to make some of the best recent work on friendship readily accessible.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into three sections. The first centers on the nature of friendship, the difference between friendship and other personal loves, and the importance of friendship in the individual's life. The second section discusses the moral significance of friendship and the response of various ethical theories and theorists (Aristotelian, Christian, Kantian, and consequentialist) to the phenomenon of friendship. The last section deals with the importance of personal and civic friendship in a good society. Badhwar's introduction is a comprehensive critical discussion of the issues raised by the essays: it relates them to each other, as well as to historical and contemporary discussions not included in the anthology, thus providing the reader with an integrated overview of the essays and their place in the larger philosophical picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrefaceIntroduction: The Nature and Significance of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Neera Kapur Badhwar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I. FRIENDSHIP: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS\u003c\/b\u003e1. Friendship—The Least Necessary Love\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby C. S. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e2. Friendship and Other Loves\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Laurence Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e3. Love and Psychological Visibility\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Nathaniel Branden\u003c\/i\u003e4. The Historicity of Psychological Attitudes: Love Is Not Love Which Alters Not When It Alteration Finds\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Amelie O. Rorty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II. FRIENDSHIP AND ETHICS\u003c\/b\u003e5. Aristotle on the Shared Life\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Nancy Sherman\u003c\/i\u003e6. The Problem of Total Devotion\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Robert M. Adams\u003c\/i\u003e7. Kant on Friendship\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby H. J. Paton\u003c\/i\u003e8. Personal Love and Kantian Ethics in \u003ci\u003eEffi Briest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Julia Annas\u003c\/i\u003e9. Was Effi Briest a Victim of Kantian Morality?\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Marcia Baron\u003c\/i\u003e10. Friendship as a Moral Phenomenon\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Lawrence Blum\u003c\/i\u003e11. Alienation, Consequentialism, and the Demands of Morality\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Peter Railton\u003c\/i\u003e12. Values and Purposes: The Limits of Teleology and the Ends of Friendship\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Michael Stocker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III. FRIENDSHIP, SOCIETY, AND POLITICS\u003c\/b\u003e13. Marital Slavery and Friendship: John Stuart Mill's \u003ci\u003eThe Subjection of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Mary Lyndon Shanley\u003c\/i\u003e14. Feminism and Modern Friendship: Dislocating the Community\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby Marilyn Friedman\u003c\/i\u003e15. Political Animals and Civic Friendship\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eby John M. 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