A Philosopher Looks at Friendship Paperback / softback
by Sophie Grace (The Open University, Milton Keynes) Chappell
Part of the A Philosopher Looks At series
Paperback / softback
Description
What is it to be a friend? What does the role of friend involve, and why? How do the obligations and prerogatives associated with that role follow on from it, and how might they mesh, or clash, with our other duties and privileges?
Philosophy often treats friendship as something systematic, serious, and earnest, and much philosophical thought has gone into how 'friendship' can formally be defined.
How indeed can friendship be good for us if it doesn't fit into a philosopher's neat, systematising theory of the good?
For Sophie Grace Chappell, friendship is neither systematic nor earnest, yet is certainly one of the greatest goods of life.
Drawing on well-known examples from popular culture, and examining these alongside recent philosophical, political, social, and theological debates, Chappell demystifies and redefines friendship as a highly untidy and many-sided good, and certainly also as one of the most central goods of human experience.
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2024
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- ISBN:9781009255547
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Pre-Order
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:30/06/2024
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009255547
