Friendship: Liberty, Equality, and UtilityIn 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. |
Contents
Preference for Friends | 1 |
The Structure of Friendship | 31 |
Internal Justifications | 75 |
External Justifications | 107 |
Conclusions Friendships and Preferences | 157 |
Notes | 169 |
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act-utilitarian actions activities affection arise Aristotle basis of friendship become friends benefit benevolence Bhikhu Parekh C. S. Lewis's Cambridge caring categorical imperative chapter Cicero conceptions of friendship conflicts with morality considered counterinstances different conceptions discussed egalitarian egoism equal virtue example exist external facie feelings forms of friendship friends to nonfriends friendship based friendship contains friendship requires fusion friendship Gewirth goodwill friendships Ibid ideal friendship Immanuel Kant immoral imperfect duty impersonal pull Indian friendship intimacy friends intrinsic value Jollimore Kant's intimacy friendship Lectures on Ethics less-than-ideal friendships Lewis libertarians Montaigne moral principles moral theories morally justified motives mutual nature of friendship Neera Kapur Badhwar nonmoral number of friends object of friendship other's well-being person philosophers possible preference for friends preferring friends promote each other's R. M. Hare rational reason reciprocal goodwill relationships sake same-sex ship someone tions treat University Press utilitarian utility friends utility friendships virtue friends virtuous