Download or read book Thinking about Friendship written by Damian Caluori and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-10-24 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to imagine a good life without friends. But why is friendship so valuable? What is friendship at all? What unites friends and distinguishes them from others? Is the preference given to friends rationally and morally justifiable? This collection examines answers given by classic philosophers and offers new answers by contemporary thinkers.