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LOVE IN THE ABSENCE OF JUDGMENT
Authors: Beran Ondřej
Year: 2019
Type of publication: článek v odborném periodiku
Name of source: Philosophy and Literature
Publisher name: Johns Hopkins University
Place: Baltimore
Page from-to: 519-534
Titles:
Language Name Abstract Keywords
cze LOVE IN THE ABSENCE OF JUDGMENT This paper discusses the question of whether a philosophical account of love can proceed independently of a judgment about the beloved's value (qualities) or what promotes his or her well-being. I start by introducing a common philosophical problem of how one can love those who are not lovable. I use an example from Death on the Nile to show a different variety of love for an unlovable person. Christie's narrative highlights nonjudgmental loyalty and equality between the lovers as its essential aspects. To show the distinctiveness of this loyalty-based notion of love, I pair it with accounts likely to be sympathetic to it.
eng LOVE IN THE ABSENCE OF JUDGMENT This paper discusses the question of whether a philosophical account of love can proceed independently of a judgment about the beloved's value (qualities) or what promotes his or her well-being. I start by introducing a common philosophical problem of how one can love those who are not lovable. I use an example from Death on the Nile to show a different variety of love for an unlovable person. Christie's narrative highlights nonjudgmental loyalty and equality between the lovers as its essential aspects. To show the distinctiveness of this loyalty-based notion of love, I pair it with accounts likely to be sympathetic to it. love; loyalty; equality