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PHIL 225 - Philosophy of Love and Friendship

Credits: (3)
College Curriculum: COLL 200
Domain (Anchored): ALV
Domain (Reaching Out): CSI, NQR
The aim of this course is to investigate two questions: (1) What is love and friendship among human beings? (2) How prevalent are genuine love relationships and friendships? Our strategy for addressing both questions is threefold: (i) a survey of prominent philosophical theories of love and friendship, (ii) a survey of current scientific theories of capacities essential to love and friendship, and (iii) developing an answer, based on (i) and (ii), to the following question: In what respects, if any, are our philosophical theories of love and friendship supported by scientific knowledge of our actual capacities?