<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper identifies a distinctive feature of friendship. Friendship, it is argued, is a relationship between two people in which each participant values the other and successfully communicates this fact to the other. This feature of friendship, it is claimed, explains why friendship plays a key role in human happiness, why it is praised by philosophers, poets, and novelists, and why we all seek friends. Although the characterization of friendship proposed here differs from other views in the literature, it is shown that it accommodates key insights of other writers on the topic. Thus, in accordance with the Aristotelian strategy the paper employs, it is shown that the account on offer preserves the received opinions on friendship.</p></abstract>

The paper identifies a distinctive feature of friendship. Friendship, it is argued, is a relationship between two people in which each participant values the other and successfully communicates this fact to the other. This feature of friendship, it is claimed, explains why friendship plays a key role in human happiness, why it is praised by philosophers, poets, and novelists, and why we all seek friends. Although the characterization of friendship proposed here differs from other views in the literature, it is shown that it accommodates key insights of other writers on the topic. Thus, in accordance with the Aristotelian strategy the paper employs, it is shown that the account on offer preserves the received opinions on friendship.

What is Friendship?

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The paper identifies a distinctive feature of friendship. Friendship, it is argued, is a relationship between two people in which each participant values the...

What is Friendship?

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Jan. 2019

Seitenbereich: 97 - 117

Eingereicht: 04. Apr. 2018

Akzeptiert: 03. Nov. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0008

Schlüsselwörter
Friendship, Aristotle, happiness

© 2018 Uri D. Leibowitz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

What is Friendship?

Online veröffentlicht: 03. Jan. 2019

Seitenbereich: 97 - 117

Eingereicht: 04. Apr. 2018

Akzeptiert: 03. Nov. 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/disp-2018-0008

SchlüsselwörterFriendship, Aristotle, happiness

© 2018 Uri D. Leibowitz, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Schlüsselwörter
Friendship, Aristotle, happiness