New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving

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.

• Rationality
• Justice
• Duty
• Patriotism
• Artificial Intelligence
• Iris Murdoch
• Aristotle
• Non-Human Animals

• University of Michigan–Flint, Flint, USA

  Simon Cushing

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

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