PHIL 2170 Lecture : Virtue of Erotic Love
2 Apr 2014
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The virtue of erotic love: understand romantic love as a virtue, broaden philosophical views of ethics. Why eros is not considered a virtue (the target: reduction to sexuality & identification of se with recreation or procreation, which have no intent of ethical value. Recreation and procreation have no ethical value: remember solomon notes it is a means of communicating, love is an emotion and emotions are thought to be irrational. Since ethics are rations this argument means love can"t be ethical: eros is selfish and is often harmful to others, solomon"s response " these objections demean and misunderstand " Traditional conception of moral philosophy and what"s left out: morality is objective, rational, based on principles and avoids personal/subjective perspectives. Thus it leaves out the emotions: solomon"s response; this is weird as these appear to be an important part of our moral lives. Our evaluations of character have to do with feeling.
