MightierPen Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I'm pretty sure this falls under Epistemology. I'm looking for a good essay on the conditionality of love. I'm tired to going through the whole reasoning process when I'm arguing with people, and I'm prefer to just have an essay to link to. I've found a lot on the selfishness of love, but none on the conditional nature of it (eg, a refutation to the view that love is unconditional). I'm not asking anybody to look for me, but if anyone knows of one off the top of their head I'd be very grateful if you linked me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 A short answer I can think of is that love depends on values a person has. It is impossible to have one without the other. What unconditional love means is that you should love someone no matter what happens. This is a clear contradiction to the nature of love, because when someone destroys everything about them that is admirable and worth loving, then how can you expect to be loved? It's as irrational as the view of selfless love (I think it's just another instance of the same thing) and can be refuted by almost the same means. Selfless love is love devoid of values, and unconditional love is demanding that a change in someone's values not make a difference; both are an attempt to get hold of the unearned in spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightierPen Posted March 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I think you misunderstood me; I'm not the one who doesn't understand the nature of love. I'd write the essay myself, but only if I can't find a better one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maarten Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 Ah, sorry, I thought you meant that you couldn't refute them when they said that Anyway, there's bound to be something about love in VoS, for example. You could reference them to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted March 17, 2006 Report Share Posted March 17, 2006 I'm looking for a good essay on the conditionality of love. Try searching Leonard Peikoff's, Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand, or The Ayn Rand Lexicon, edited by Harry Binswanger, or the 1964 Playboy interview with Ayn Rand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justkariann Posted March 18, 2006 Report Share Posted March 18, 2006 I don't know if this is what you had in mind, but this is article, titled "Love and Selfishness" comes to mind, and is one of my favorites: http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7996 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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