What distinguishes different kinds of love and the characteristic relationships that accompany love? Does the answer depend on an explicit voluntary commitment, on social convention, on nature, or something else? Aristotle‘s influential analysis classifies friendships in terms of what you get out of them; is that right, and can it be extended to other types of relationships as well?

In this series, “How Do I Love Thee?” Austen McDougal will explore the ethics of breakups and relationships across four sessions. For the second session, read C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves.

On Monday, March 2, at 6 PM, join Morningside and Austen McDougal (NYU) for the second session of “How Do I Love Thee?” on the defining the relationship of love.