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Ferrarello, Susi

The ethics of love: emotional dilemmas for a relational life - United States of America -- Routledge -- 2022 - ix, 163p.

Introduction

1: Love or Luck?

2: Rage or Integrity? The Wrath of Our Ethical Choice

3: Does Love Matter for Justice?

4: Does Tragedy Matter for Love?

5: Unconditional Love or Healthy Boundaries?

6: What Would an Ethics of Love Look Like?


"This book explores the ethical and psychological dilemmas connected to the lived experiences of love, uniquely proposing an ethical framework that can be applied in loving relationships. The book provides an introduction to the study of ethics, moral psychology and ancient philosophy. Examining key themes of within love, such as unconditional love, romantic love, anger, desperation, and fairness, this book offers the reader a way to exercise and strengthen their personal critical thinking on ethical dilemmas, especially in relation to loving feelings. The author believes that ethics is the heart of love in the same way as logic is the brain of reasoning; we do not need ethics to love but we can love in a much healthier way if we train our ethical skills to love. After laying the theoretical framework for the book, chapters are organised into themes relating to ethical problems and begin with an exemplary piece from Greek and Latin literature. Using these writings as a starting point, Susi Ferrarello discusses whether it is possible to have a sound ethical theory of love, especially in cases relating to justice, despair, and rage, and demonstrates how this framework can be applied in new and established relationships. Filled with case studies throughout, spiritual exercises are listed at the end of chapters to help the reader increase their understanding of love and their ethical choices surrounding emotional dilemmas. This interdisciplinary book is essential reading for undergraduate and graduate students who take classes on ethics, marriage and family therapy, psychology, philosophy, classics, ancient philosophy, politics, as well as those interested in the ethics of love and emotional decision-making"-- Provided by publisher

9781032118185


Psychology
Emotions and Senses
Interpersonal relations
Love Moral and ethical aspects

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