Matthew Robson matthew.robson@durham.ac.uk
PGR Student Doctor of Philosophy
Beauvoir on how we can love authentically
Robson, Matthew
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Abstract
Reading Beauvoir’s descriptions of love in The Second Sex (TSS), one would be forgiven for being pessimistic about the possibility of authentic love. What I will do in this paper is, using Beauvoir’s diagnosis of inauthentic love under patriarchy, construct a set of conditions that an authentic love would be guided by and strive to manifest. I will then defend the importance of Beauvoir’s views by demonstrating its explanatory power. Firstly, I will show how Beauvoir’s account can deal with two common contemporary problems that are often raised as objections against accounts of love that include a moral element. Then, in the third section, I will also show the value of this account by demonstrating its ability to explain why different kinds of love feel differently. The kind I will focus on will be unrequited love; this will be in dialogue with vision-based accounts to highlight Beauvoir’s unique contribution.
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Robson, M. (2023). Beauvoir on how we can love authentically. Inquiry, https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2023.2168300
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 9, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 18, 2023 |
Publication Date | Jan 18, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Nov 10, 2023 |
Publicly Available Date | Nov 10, 2023 |
Journal | Inquiry |
Print ISSN | 0020-174X |
Electronic ISSN | 1502-3923 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174x.2023.2168300 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1904053 |
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