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64Love and evaluative conflictEuropean Journal of Philosophy 32 (1): 145-158. 2024.Lovers often disagree. We may reject the specific goals our loved ones pursue or the broad values they hold. Some philosophers suggest that such evaluative conflict makes romantic love in its ideal form deficient. I argue that this is mistaken. On the contrary, our ideal of love holds that we can love people for ‘who they are’ (as we say), even as we profoundly disagree with them. My argument draws on intuitive cases from screwball comedy about love amid conflict, love across political party lin…Read more
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Areas of Specialization
Value Theory |
Moral Psychology |
Normative Ethics |
Areas of Interest
Existentialism |
Philosophy of Literature |
Emotions |
Aesthetics |
Continental Philosophy |