Philosophers have turned their attention in recent years to many previously unmined topics, among them love and friendship. In this collection of new essays in philosophical and moral psychology, philosophers turn their analytic tools to a topic perhaps most resistant to reasoned analysis: erotic love. Also included is one previously published pape
This book, discussing the role that qualities of the beloved play in love, shows the style of thinking that a subclass of contemporary philosophers, sometimes broadly designated as 'analytical', are likely to engage in, in thinking about love—and, by showing it, to reveal its value.
