In this Book
- Friendship: Liberty, Equality, and Utility
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
In Friendship, James O. Grunebaum introduces a new conceptual framework to articulate, explain, and understand similarities and differences between various conceptions of friendship. Asking whether special preference for friends is morally justified, Grunebaum answers that question by analyzing a comprehensive comparison of not only Aristotle’s three well-known kinds of friendship—pleasure, utility, and virtue—but also a variety of lesser-known friendship conceptions from Kant, C. S. Lewis, and Montaigne. The book clarifies differences about how friends ought to behave toward each other and how these differences are, in part, what separate the various conceptions of friendship.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- 1. Preference for Friends
- pp. 1-29
- 2. The Structure of Friendship
- pp. 31-74
- 3. Internal Justifications
- pp. 75-105
- 4. External Justifications
- pp. 107-155
- 5. Conclusions: Friendships and Preferences
- pp. 157-168
- Selected Bibliography
- pp. 185-189
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791486870
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
56066744
Pages
202
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No