The Meaning of Love

by Richard Garlikov

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This book explores the philosophical views on the meaning of love. The text explores a variety of topics used to define love, including attraction, relationship satisfaction, emotional, and ethical considerations. The author takes a rational, logical, analytic, and scrutinizing look at experiences and other forms of literature on the subject of love.

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Publisher
Troy University
Subjects
Social Sciences, Psychology
Licence
CC BY, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Dedication and Acknowledgements
  6. Licensing
  7. 30: Disclaimer
  8. 40: A Note Concerning Grammar
  9. 1: Chapters
  10. 1.1: Introduction
  11. 1.2: Personal Versus Professional Relationships
  12. 1.3: Love, Some Popular Views
  13. 1.4: The Three Important Aspects of Relationships
  14. 1.5: The Emotional Aspect—Feelings
  15. 1.6: The Satisfaction Aspect
  16. 1.7: The Goodness and Badness (Ethical) Aspect
  17. 1.8: Independence of the Three Aspects of Relationships
  18. 1.9: The Meaning of Love
  19. 1.10: Infatuation, Friendship, and Love
  20. 1.11: Love at First Sight
  21. 1.12: Importance of Various (Kinds of) Satisfactions
  22. 1.13: Sex and Love
  23. 1.14: A Kiss Is Just a Kiss - The Impossibility of Sexual Communication
  24. 1.15: Being Loved For Yourself
  25. 1.16: Loving More Than One Person At the Same Time
  26. 1.17: Commitment and Loving More Than One Person
  27. 1.18: Rejection and Acceptance
  28. 1.19: Care and Concern
  29. 1.20: Love and Marriage
  30. 1.21: The Future of a Relationship
  31. 1.22: Love and Change and Rational Prediction
  32. 1.23: Jealousy
  33. 1.24: Independence and Sharing
  34. 1.25: “Meaningful” Relationships
  35. 1.26: Introduction to Ethics
  36. 1.27: Ethics — Seeking to Discover What the Highest Principles of Behavior and the Things of Greatest Value Are
  37. 1.28: Modification of the Analysis of Love
  38. 1.29: Good “For” and Good “To”
  39. 1.30: Ethical Principles and Spontaneity
  40. 1.31: Ethics and Sex
  41. 1.32: Sex and Intimacy
  42. 1.33: Relationships After Sex
  43. 1.34: Problems of the Inexperienced
  44. 1.35: On Being Used
  45. 1.36: The Causes of Feelings
  46. 1.37: Some Other Writers on Love
  47. 1.38: Some Personal Comments and Notions of a More Intuitive Nature
  48. Back Matter
  49. References
  50. Index
  51. Glossary
  52. Detailed Licensing