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New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving

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Editors:
  1. Simon Cushing

    1. University of Michigan–Flint, Flint, USA

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  • New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars

  • Includes contributions to the ongoing debate on whether love is arational or if there are reasons for love

  • Also whether love can explain the difference between nationalism and patriotism

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Simon Cushing
    Pages 1-24

  3. Making Room for Love in Kantian Ethics

    • Ernesto V. Garcia
    Pages 25-37

  4. Iris Murdoch and the Epistemic Significance of Love

    • Cathy Mason
    Pages 39-62

  5. ‘Love’ as a Practice: Looking at Real People

    • Lotte Spreeuwenberg
    Pages 63-86

  6. Love, Choice, and Taking Responsibility

    • Christopher Cowley
    Pages 87-100

  7. Not All’s Fair in Love and War: Toward Just Love Theory

    • Andrew Sneddon
    Pages 101-123

  8. Doubting Love

    • Larry A. Herzberg
    Pages 125-149

  9. Love and Free Agency

    • Ishtiyaque Haji
    Pages 151-169

  10. Sentimental Reasons

    • Edgar Phillips
    Pages 171-194

  11. Wouldn’t It Be Nice: Enticing Reasons for Love

    • N. L. Engel-Hawbecker
    Pages 195-214

  12. Love, Motivation, and Reasons: The Case of the Drowning Wife

    • Monica Roland
    Pages 215-239

  13. Can Our Beloved Pets Love Us Back?

    • Ryan Stringer
    Pages 241-268

  14. Romantic Love Between Humans and AIs: A Feminist Ethical Critique

    • Andrea Klonschinski, Michael Kühler
    Pages 269-292

  15. Patriotism and Nationalism as Two Distinct Ways of Loving One’s Country

    • Maria Ioannou, Martijn Boot, Ryan Wittingslow, Adriana Mattos
    Pages 293-314

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 315-322
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New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars. Topics include contributions to the ongoing debate on whether love is arational or if there are reasons for love, and if so what kind; the kinds of love there may be (between humans and artificial intelligences, between non-human animals and humans); whether love can explain the difference between nationalism and patriotism; whether love is an necessary component of truly seeing others and the world; whether love, like free will, is “fragile,” and may not survive in a deterministic world; and whether or not love is actually a good thing or may instead be a force opposed to morality.  Key philosophers discussed include Immanuel Kant, Iris Murdoch, Bernard Williams, Harry Frankfurt, J. David Velleman, Niko Kolodny, Thomas Hurka, Bennett Helm, Alfred Mele and Derk Pereboom.  Essays also touch on the treatment of love in literature and popular culture, from Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair to Spike Jonze’s movie her.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Michigan–Flint, Flint, USA

    Simon Cushing

About the editor

Simon Cushing, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Michigan Flint, USA, and co-editor of The Philosophy of Autism​ (2012).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving

  • Editors: Simon Cushing

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72324-8

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72323-1Published: 21 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-72326-2Published: 22 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-72324-8Published: 20 September 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 322

  • Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Ethics, Social Philosophy, Emotion

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