Friendship: Liberty, Equality, and Utility - Softcover

Grunebaum, James O.

 
9780791457184: Friendship: Liberty, Equality, and Utility
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ISBN 10: 0791457184 ISBN 13: 9780791457184
Publisher: State University of New York Press, 2003

Synopsis

In 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.

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About the Author

James O. Grunebaum is Professor of Philosophy at Buffalo State College, State University of New York. He is the author of Private Ownership.

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Publisher
State University of New York Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0791457184
ISBN 13 
9780791457184
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
204

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