Friendship : liberty, equality, and utility / James O. Grunebaum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grunebaum, James O.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Friendship--Moral and ethical aspects.

Friendship.

Physical Description:

ix, 192 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2003]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

1 Preference for Friends 1

2 The Structure of Friendship 31

3 Internal Justifications 75

4 External Justifications 107

5 Conclusions: Friendships and Preferences 157.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-189) and index.

ISBN:

0791457184

0791457176

OCLC:

50124836