Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy

Discussions on the philosophy of friendship have centred mainly on two topics: the nature of genuine friendships and the benefits such friendships bring to parties involved. While this means that the requirements for what constitute genuine friendships and the kind of people eligible for them have b...

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Main Author: Yap, Xiao Wei
Other Authors: Andrew T. Forcehimes
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2023
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1653982023-04-01T16:55:44Z Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy Yap, Xiao Wei Andrew T. Forcehimes School of Humanities forcehimes@ntu.edu.sg Humanities::Philosophy Discussions on the philosophy of friendship have centred mainly on two topics: the nature of genuine friendships and the benefits such friendships bring to parties involved. While this means that the requirements for what constitute genuine friendships and the kind of people eligible for them have been laid out, comparatively little has been said on the necessary process that individuals must undergo before they can be eligible for genuine friendships. In this thesis, I explore this reflective deliberative process and attempt to expand its conclusions to form a desire-based framework for genuine friendship – one free from the normative forces that surround earlier popular conceptions of friendship. Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy 2023-03-27T09:23:10Z 2023-03-27T09:23:10Z 2023 Final Year Project (FYP) Yap, X. W. (2023). Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165398 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165398 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
description Discussions on the philosophy of friendship have centred mainly on two topics: the nature of genuine friendships and the benefits such friendships bring to parties involved. While this means that the requirements for what constitute genuine friendships and the kind of people eligible for them have been laid out, comparatively little has been said on the necessary process that individuals must undergo before they can be eligible for genuine friendships. In this thesis, I explore this reflective deliberative process and attempt to expand its conclusions to form a desire-based framework for genuine friendship – one free from the normative forces that surround earlier popular conceptions of friendship.
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author Yap, Xiao Wei
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title Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
title_short Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
title_full Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
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title_full_unstemmed Normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
title_sort normative-free genuine friendship from self-awareness-based autonomy
publisher Nanyang Technological University
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