The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Friendship

Introduction 1. Friendship in the Confucian Tradition 2. Plato's Erotic Friendships 3. Aristotle on the Nature and Value of Friendship 4. The Stoics and Augustine on Friendship and Altruism 5. Kantian Friendship 6. Wollstonecraft on 'That Simple Food' of Friendship 7. Friendship Between Children 8. The Physician as Friend to the Patient 9. Can Parents and Their Children Be Friends? 10. God and Redemptive Friendship 11. Friendship and Citizenship 12. Are Our Companion Animals Friends or Family? 13. Friendship and Family 14. Friendship Love and Romantic Love 15. Friendship and Marriage 16. Friendship and Self-Interest 17. Friendship and the Personal Good 18. The Value of Friendship 19. Friendship and Practical Reason 20. Friendship and Epistemic Partiality 21. Epistemic Partiality to Friends and Value Commitments 22. Friendship and Consequentialism 23. Partiality to Friends 24. Friendship and Special Obligations 25. Are You a Good Friend? 26. Friendship and Loyalty 27. Friendship and Exploitation 28. Friendship and Personal Identity 29. Friends with Benefits 30. Friendship and Social Media 31. Friendship and Feminist Values in Film