Reasons of Love, Paperback by Frankfurt, Harry G., Like New Used, Free shippi...

Reasons of Love, Paperback by Frankfurt, Harry G., ISBN 0691191476, ISBN-13 9780691191478, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US<p><b>A clear, accessible exploration of how and why we love by prominent philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt</b><br><br>In <i>The Reasons of Love</i>, leading moral philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt argues that the key to a fulfilled life is to pursue wholeheartedly what one cares about, that love is the most authoritative form of caring, and that the purest form of love is, in a complicated way, self-love.<br><br>Through caring, we infuse the world with meaning. Caring provides us with stable ambitions and concerns; it shapes the framework of aims and interests within which we lead our lives. Frankfurt goes on to explain that the most important form of caring is love, a nonvoluntary, disinterested concern for the flourishing of what is loved. And he contends that the purest form of love is self-love. This sounds perverse, but self-love—as distinct from self-indulgence—is at heart a disinterested concern for whatever it is that the person loves. The most elementary form of self-love is nothing more than the desire of a person to love. Insofar as this is true, self-love is simply a commitment to finding meaning in our lives.</p>