Philosophy and Friendship

Lynch, Sandra

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“…Contributions to the literature examining the concept of friendship have been made in almost every century dating back to antiquity (Lynch, 2005). The historical record provides information about ways in which the nature of friendship has changed over millennia along with the changing circumstances of Western life.…”

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“…They are attended for the opportunities they afford delegates for realizing a range of benefits and outcomes in the form of knowledge expansion, 54 FOLEy, EDWArDS, AND SChLENKEr the sake of those benefits are unlikely to result in friendship. Friendship does not succeed when there are attempts to use others for gain (Lynch, 2005;mcDonald, Wearing, & Ponting, 2008).…”

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“…The historical record provides information about ways in which the nature of friendship has changed over millennia along with the changing circumstances of Western life. Urban dislocation, time constraints (Lynch, 2005), and the cult of individualism (mcDonald et al, 2008) have altered the way friendship is experienced. According to Lynch (2005) "the heterogeneity of modern life is regarded as making friendship more difficult to sustain for modern individuals than it would have been for the good men of Aristotle's polis" (p. x).…”

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“…Urban dislocation, time constraints (Lynch, 2005), and the cult of individualism (mcDonald et al, 2008) have altered the way friendship is experienced. According to Lynch (2005) "the heterogeneity of modern life is regarded as making friendship more difficult to sustain for modern individuals than it would have been for the good men of Aristotle's polis" (p. x). Friendship today is less about a complete union between individuals than was the case in earlier eras.…”

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“…Friendship today is less about a complete union between individuals than was the case in earlier eras. In Lynch's (2005) view, modern friends typically share only those aspects of their lives that they have in common, and are aware and tolerant of the need to limit their understanding of each other.…”

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Business events are celebrated for their contributions to community and industry. They are understood to be shared social contexts in which people meet to advance knowledge, sell products, and network. Less celebrated and, arguably, less understood is that business events provide a context for the development of friendships. In 2011 an online survey was conducted with the delegates of five international business events held in Sydney, Australia in the period 2009–2011. The survey was designed to investigate business legacies of the events (such as investment opportunities, research collaborations) rather than sociable legacies. however, a surprising number of references to friendship were made in the “additional comments” sections of the questionnaire. reflecting on this finding, this article argues that friendships forged at business events contribute to, respectively: the well-being of delegates, association membership levels, conference attendance, retention of personnel in the profession, successful research and professional collaborations, and creativity and innovation in the sector. Business event planners can maximize opportunities for sociable outcomes among delegates by designing warm and inviting event spaces that facilitate interaction, and by providing social space for the development of relationships, optimal conditions for sociability, and opportunities for play to stimulate creativity and build community.

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2014

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Friendship is ordinarily understood as a close interpersonal relationship based on feelings of mutual affection, care, concern, or respect. It tends to be associated with such values as loyalty, trust, honesty, sincerity, openness, good will, intimacy, and a desire to benefit the other for the other's sake. It is generally thought to be a chosen relationship, requiring a mutual recognition of the appropriate feelings, and consequently it is distinguishable from merely friendly actions in which persons do things together or for one another. Like the notion of love, friendship has inspired soaring, diverse, and sometimes conflicting ideals. As a brief sample of such accounts we can begin with Aristotle, for whom friendship emerges out of our nature as social beings and is most fully expressed between virtuous individuals. The first half of this entry focuses on philosophical issues raised by the concept of friendship and then it turns to various connections drawn between friendship and politics.

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Whose Story? (Re)presentation, Rhizovocality, and Friendship

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2020

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