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Apr
The bestowal view is a popular one, but it misses the mark in many respects. While love is a creative act, it is not an antecedent value. Consequently, accounts of love that understand evaluation as a reaction to appraisal are missing a key feature of love. The antecedent value of love cannot be understood in the same way as the love response. This is why we need an alternative account of love.The give and take nature of love makes it both a physical and a psychological process. The more one gives and receives, the more likely they are to be…