Agree with your defs, but I never would have considered Agape normative.
What I'm saying is that even "family love" is on the rocks and the exception
to the rule in the rich West.

-Kyle


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael H. Collis [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 9:53 PM
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Subject: Re: Our Future (WAS:democratic pregnancy)


Philos love is the type of love among family, and to a lesser degree, among
natioanals of one country; eros love is just a tiny bit more than lust,
nowadays. A definition of agape love I like is "active, redeeming. good
will."
It's not a feeling.  but an action. You choose to act in a redemptive way
even
though the person treated you rotten and you have society's blessing to hurt
them as much as they have hurt you..   .
Mike

"Cleveland, Kyle E." wrote:

> You're right, Mike, although it would seem that Eros is pretty much all we
> have left, don't you think?  Philos used to be normative, but I wouldn't
go
> that far these days.