Ideas from 'The Reasons of Love' by Harry G. Frankfurt [2005], by Theme Structure

[found in 'The Reasons of Love' by Frankfurt,Harry G. [Princeton 2006,0-691-12624-0]].

green numbers give full details    |     back to texts     |     expand these ideas

---

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 9. Normative Necessity

9240	Love creates a necessity concerning what to care about

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

9228	Ranking order of desires reveals nothing, because none of them may be considered important

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

9238	Morality isn't based on reason; moral indignation is quite unlike disapproval of irrationality

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / d. Subjective value

9232	It is by caring about things that we infuse the world with importance

9234	If you don't care about at least one thing, you can't find reasons to care about anything

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

9229	What is worthwhile for its own sake alone may be worth very little

9233	Our criteria for evaluating how to live offer an answer to the problem

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

9235	Rather than loving things because we value them, I think we value things because we love them

9236	Love can be cool, and it may not involve liking its object

9237	The paradigm case of pure love is not romantic, but that between parents and infants

9239	I value my children for their sake, but I also value my love for them for its own sake

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

9227	We might not choose a very moral life, if the character or constitution was deficient

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

9230	People want to fulfill their desires, but also for their desires to be sustained

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

9241	Loving oneself is not a failing, but is essential to a successful life

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

9300	Boredom is serious, not just uncomfortable; it threatens our psychic survival

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

9231	Freedom needs autonomy (rather than causal independence) - embracing our own desires and choices