Journal article
Astell, friendship, and relational autonomy
Abstract
Abstract Mary Astell's theory of friendship is rich and interesting: it presents the reader with an interpretive puzzle that addresses the nature and roles of virtue and love in friendship, among other things. Recently, Jacqueline Broad and Nancy Kendrick have tackled this puzzle. Broad offers a loosely Aristotelian interpretation, and Kendrick offers an anti‐Aristotelian Christian Platonist interpretation. However, neither fully discharges the …
Authors
Forbes AS
Journal
European Journal of Philosophy, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 487–503
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
June 2021
DOI
10.1111/ejop.12578
ISSN
0966-8373