Personal Relationships Love, Identity, and Morality
by Lafollette, HughEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 1995-11-15
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
This volume is a philosophical introduction and exploration of the nature and value of personal relationships. It is an ideal text for introductory philosophy, ethics, or applied ethics courses.
Author Biography
Hugh Lafollette is Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee State University. His publications include Whose Child? (1981), Person to Person (1989) and he is co-editor of World Hunger and Moral Obligation (1977).
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. vii |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiv |
| The Nature and Value of Personal Relationships | p. 1 |
| What is a Personal Relationship? | p. 3 |
| Emotions and Feelings | p. 21 |
| Why Do I Love? | p. 43 |
| Reasons for Love | p. 61 |
| The Value of Personal Relationships | p. 81 |
| The Personal Bond | p. 93 |
| Interpreting Another's Behavior | p. 95 |
| Intimacy and Trust | p. 108 |
| Honesty and Self-knowledge | p. 120 |
| Equity in Relationships | p. 136 |
| The Art of Loving | p. 154 |
| Sex and Jealousy | p. 168 |
| Commitment | p. 182 |
| Morality and Personal Relationships | p. 194 |
| Bibliography | p. 212 |
| Index | p. 220 |
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