Thinking about Friendship: Historical and Contemporary Philosophical Perspectives

Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction; D.Caluori PART I: THE NATURE OF FRIENDSHIP Aristotle's Notion of Friendship; S.Benetatos The Character of Friendship; L.Thomas PART II: THE UNITY OF FRIENDSHIP Friendship in Kallipolis; D.Caluori Montaigne's 'Perfect' Friendship; U.Langer PART III: FRIENDSHIP AND REASON Relationships and Emotions; M.Slote Friendships: Epistemically Dangerous Liaisons?; C.Brown How to be a Non-Reductionist About Reasons of Friendship; J.Seidman PART IV: FRIENDSHIP AND MORALITY Friendship in Kant's Moral Thought; O.Sensen Consequentialism and Friendship; A.Norcross Can a Christian be a Friend? On God, Friendship and Love of Neighbour; J.Lippitt PART V: FRIENDSHIP IN A GOOD LIFE The Goods of Friendship; T.Hurka Friendship and Friends in the Stoic Theory of the Good Life; A.A.Long Aesthetics and the Art of Friendship; S.Lintott References Index