The Meaning of Love
This book explores the philosophical views on the meaning of love. The text explores a variety of topics used to define love, including attraction, relationship satisfaction, emotional, and ethical considerations. The author takes a rational, logical, analytic, and scrutinizing look at experiences a...
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| Language: | English |
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Alabama Open Publishing House at Troy University
[2017]
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| Edition: | Second Edition |
| Series: | Open textbook library.
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Table of Contents:
- Dedication and AcknowledgementsDisclaimerA Note Concerning GrammarIntroduction
- Chapter 1 Personal Versus Professional Relationships
- Chapter 2 Love, Some Popular Views
- Chapter 3 The Three Important Aspects of Relationships
- Chapter 4 The Emotional Aspect— Feelings
- Chapter 5 The Satisfaction Aspect
- Chapter 6 The Goodness and Badness (Ethical) Aspect
- Chapter 7 Independence of the Three Aspects of Relationships
- Chapter 8 The Meaning of Love
- Chapter 9 Infatuation, Friendship, and Love
- Chapter 10 Love at First Sight
- Chapter 11 Importance of Various (Kinds of) Satisfactions
- Chapter 12 Sex and Love
- Chapter 13 A Kiss Is Just a Kiss — The Impossibility of Sexual Communication
- Chapter 14 Being Loved For Yourself
- Chapter 15 Loving More Than One Person At the Same Time
- Chapter 16 Commitment and Loving More Than One Person
- Chapter 17 Rejection and Acceptance
- Chapter 18 Care and Concern
- Chapter 19 Love and Marriage
- Chapter 20 The Future of a Relationship
- Chapter 21 Love and Change and Rational Prediction
- Chapter 22 Jealousy
- Chapter 23 Independence and Sharing
- Chapter 24 “Meaningful” Relationships
- Chapter 25 Introduction to Ethics
- Chapter 26 Ethics — Seeking to Discover What the Highest Principles of Behavior and the Things of Greatest Value Are
- Chapter 27 Modification of the Analysis of Love
- Chapter 28 Good “For” and Good “To”
- Chapter 29 Ethical Principles and Spontaneity
- Chapter 30 Ethics and Sex
- Chapter 31 Sex and Intimacy
- Chapter 32 Relationships After Sex
- Chapter 33 Problems of the Inexperienced
- Chapter 34 On Being Used
- Chapter 35 The Causes of Feelings
- Chapter 36 Some Other Writers on Love
- Chapter 37 Some Personal Comments and Notions of a More Intuitive Nature
- GlossaryReferences