Union, Autonomy, and Concern

Soble, Alan

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“…xxix One might worry that union views threaten to erase distinctions between individuals which would render such autonomy promotion impossible (see Soble 1997). One reason why I adopt Friedman's account is that she aims to preserve the separateness of individuals who make up a particular union and thereby enable such autonomy promotion, while reframing autonomy (and autonomy competence) as being grounded in our relational nature.…”

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Love, Activism, and Social Justice

Emerick¹

2020

Love, Justice, and Autonomy

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This paper analyzes the relationship between love and social justice activism, focusing in particular on ways in which activists rely on either the union account of love (to argue that when one person is oppressed everyone is oppressed), the sentimentalist account of love (to argue that overcoming injustice is fundamentally about how we feel about one another), or love as fate (to argue that it is in love's nature to triumph over hatred and injustice). All three accounts, while understandable and attractive, are seriously problematic, as they tend either to obscure important differences in the ways that various groups are socially situated or to enable inaction by trusting that justice is inevitable. Alternative, deeper interpretations of each account (and their relationships to activism) are explored.

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Love, Activism, and Social Justice

Emerick¹

2020

Love, Justice, and Autonomy

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“…According to this argumentative strategy, two persons, even in a love relationship, would always remain two organisms that can reside in or occupy different places, and both persons would still be aware of themselves as such and would not take themselves for the other person in each case; while they might perhaps effectively perceive things simultaneously, their perception would still function separately (cf. Krebs 2015 , 49; Soble 1997 , 69). Similar objections draw attention to the problematic consequences from a logical point of view: two persons, as it has been alleged, could no longer interact with each other insofar as they are actually one .…”

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“…A further, perhaps non-reductionist theory of love is the dialogue model. 1 In the following discussion I shall concentrate exclusively on contemporary forms of the so-called union theory of love that understands love as a sort of union, unity, fusion, or merging of two persons, as a “physical, psychological, or spiritual union between the lovers in which they form a new entity, the we ” (Soble 1997 , 66). 2…”

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“… 21 See, for example, Soble ( 1997 , 72, footnote); Krebs also points out the danger of a “standstill” if union is conceived in this manner (Krebs 2015 , 50). …”

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“… 23 Cf. Soble ( 1997 ): “[...] for in union-love there are not two persons genuinely concerned about each other but only one enlarged person caring for itself” (71). Delaney ( 1996 , 341 f.) points towards a rather similar direction, albeit in a somewhat less critical way.…”

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Are Lovers Ever One? Reconstructing the Union Theory of Love

Schmidt

2017

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Current analytical philosophies of romantic love tend to identify the essence of such love with one specific element, such as concern for the beloved person, valuing the beloved person or the union between the lovers. This paper will deal with different forms of the union theory of love which takes love to be the physical, psychic or ontological union of two persons. Prima facie, this theory might appear to be implausible because it has several contra-intuitive implications, and yet, I submit, it is more coherent and attractive than it seems to be. I shall distinguish three specific models and thereby offer a differentiated account of the union theory which has not previously been provided in the literature (1). I will claim that two of these models (the strong ontological model and the striving model) should be rejected (2). I shall then defend the third model (the moderate ontological model) against certain possible objections (3); but nevertheless, I shall conclude by showing how this model, too, faces further significant objections which ultimately expose the limits of the union theory of love (4). In conclusion, I will sketch the outlines of a non-reductive cluster theory of love.

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Love and the Anatomy of Needing Another

Wonderly¹

2022

The Oxford Handbook of Moral Psychology

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The idea that we need our beloveds has a rich and longstanding history in classic literature, pop culture, social sciences, and of course philosophical treatments of love. Yet, on a little reflection, the idea that one needs one’s beloved is as puzzling as it is familiar. In what, if any sense, do we really need our beloveds? And insofar as we do need them, is this feature of love something to be celebrated or lamented? In the relevant philosophical literature, there are various ways of understanding the type(s) of psychological need internal to love and whether and how the necessity in question contributes to love’s value. In this chapter, I survey and critically analyse several accounts of felt necessity in love, and advocate for a philosophically neglected perspective on the nature and value of needing our beloveds.

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Union, Autonomy, and Concern

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