Friendship and Social Media - A Philosophical Exploration

List of contents

Preface: Friendship, Philosophy, and Facebook
1. Friendship and the Good Life
2. The Nature of Friendship
3. Friendship Online
4. What Good Are Friends?
5. Social Media and the Value of Friendship
Index

About the author

Diane Jeske is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iowa, USA. She is the author of Rationality and Moral Theory: How Intimacy Generates Reasons (Routledge, 2008) and The Evil Within: Why We Need Moral Philosophy (2018). With Richard Fumerton she is editor of Introducing Philosophy Through Film (2010) and Readings in Political Philosophy: Theory and Applications (2012).

Summary

Written in a clear and engaging style, Friendship and Social Media brings philosophical rigor and clarity to the task of determining how we can responsibly use social media in our own lives. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the ethics of interpersonal relationships and the social impact of technology.

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"Nearly all of us have friends, want to have friends, and think that friendship is extremely important to the quality of our lives. Rather than simply taking these beliefs and desires for granted, Diane Jeske’s interesting, articulate, and accessible book invites us to think seriously about friendship’s nature, its value, and what it means to us - and to ask, too, how these values and meanings might be affected by our use of social media. I enjoyed this book, and I will be recommending it to my friends (and maybe even to my Facebook friends)." - Troy Jollimore, California State University, Chico, USA

Product details

• Authors: Diane Jeske, Diane (University of Iowa Jeske, Jeske Diane
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781138629448
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62944-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Routledge Focus on Philosophy; Routledge Focus on Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, PHILOSOPHY / General, Digital lifestyle, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social media / social networking, Ethics and moral philosophy, Impact of science & technology on society, Media studies: internet, digital media and society, Impact of science and technology on society