[fse-esf] FRIENDSHIP : COMPANIEROS.

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      PHILOSOPHY OF FRIENDSHIP !           www.friendshiponline.info/ 
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Contents of The Philosophy of Friendship: 

Introduction: The Ambiguity of Friendship 

1. Friends at Work 
On being useful 
On not being used 
On winning friends, not merely influencing people 
The ultimate test: friendship with the boss 
The social dimension: commercial culture and the challenge to friendship 
Realpolitik 
Utility spreads 

2. Friends and Lovers 
Sex and friendship 
Similarities and difference 
Immortal longings: a theory of love and friendship 
Platonic friendship 
Practicalities 
Better than sex? 
Getting with friends 

3. Faking It 
Truth hurts 
Another self 
Other ways of honesty? 
Solitude 
Ending friendship 

4. Unconditional Love 
>From loss of faith to rejection 
Christian secularism 
In ethical no-man's land 
Reaffirming friendship 
Against atomism and absolutes 
Trust in friendship 

5. Civic Friendship 
Tyrant slayers 
Garden friendship 
The end of an age 
Public kisses 
Sworn brothers 
The piety of friendship 

6. Politics of Friendship 
Suffragette city 
Political weight 
Right relationship 
What are gay men for? 
Lads, blokes and metrosexuals 
Queer lives 
Sociological evidence 
Friendship in other relationships 
The return of trust? 

7. The Spirituality of Friendship 
Timing and exceptionality 
Telling it slant 
Mere friendship 
'To do without it' 

Conclusion: Philosophy and Friendship 

Further Reading and References 

Appendix: Plato and Aristotle on Friendship 

Index 

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