The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Love (Oxford Handbooks)

The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Love offers a wide array of original essays on the nature and value of love. The editors, Christopher Grau and Aaron Smuts, have assembled an esteemed group of thinkers, including both established scholars and younger voices. The volume contains thirty-three essays addressing both issues about love as well as key philosophers who have contributed to the philosophy of love, such as Plato, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Murdoch. The topics range from central issues about the nature and variety of love, the possibility of its rational justification, and whether it is an emotion, to the significance of love for law, economics, morality, and free will. The volume also contains an introduction to the subject as well as essays on love's relation to jealousy, religion, knowledge, biotechnology, and several other topics. This wide-ranging handbook will be a key resource for specialists working on the philosophy of love, and a helpful guide for those looking to learn more about the area. Cover The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Love Copyright Dedication Contents Acknowledgments List of Contributors Introduction VARIETIES OF LOVE 1. Love: The Basic Questions 2. Romantic Love for a Reason 3. Parental Love 4. Love and Animals 5. The Ordinary Concept of True Love Justifications for Love 6. Love, Value, and Reasons 7. The “No Reasons” View 8. Love as “Something in Between” Explanations of Love 9. Is Love an Emotion? 10. Love as a Disposition 11. Love and Evolution 12. Love and Time Love and Value 13. Love and Caring 14. Love and Autonomy 15. Love, Morality, and Alienation 16. Love and Economics Philosophers of Love 17. Plato, Socrates, and Love 18. Aristotle on the Love of Friends 19. Kierkegaard on Love 20. Schopenhauer on Love 21. Merleau-​Ponty on Love 22. Simone de Beauvoir on Love 23. Iris Murdoch on Love 24. Love and the Law 25. Love and Sex 26. Love, Jealousy, and Compersion 27. Love and Infidelity 28. Love and Knowledge 29. Love and Literature 30. Love and Religion 31. Love and Freedom 32. Love and the Rationality of Grief 33. Love and Enhancement Technology Index "This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online." The Oxford Handbook of the Philosophy of Love offers a wide array of original essays from leading philosophers on the nature and value of love.- Offers thirty-three essays on love's relation to jealousy, religion, knowledge, and biotechnology, among other topics- Contains work from well-known and established philosophers- Examines the work of philosophers such as Plato, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, and Murdoch on the topic of love