ABSTRACT
In this chapter, we fi rst defend the view that the value of loving behavior to us is essentially a function of our being commendable for that behavior against various objections. We then turn to critical scrutiny of a thesis that we accept and that we have invoked in our previous discussion on love: it is possible for an agent to perform an act that issues from love-the agent can act out of love-without the act’s issuing from duty-without, that is, the agent’s acting from moral duty or obligation.
