Thursday, October 6, 2011

Love, really?

Person A: I'm in love.
Person B (the Skeptic): Are you really in love? Do you love this person more than yourself? Would you give yourself for this person? Would you be willing to die?
Person A: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Your standards of love are different than mine. You have unrealistically high standards of love! Just because I would not be willing to die for this person doesn't mean I don't love him/her.

In this case, I'm on the side of skepticism, for it is good to be self-reflective about one's emotions. But that also assumes a universal standard for love...

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