— Is love always good? Is it true that love wins over everything? Common sense says that no matter how disastrous the outcome of a certain action, if the intention behind it is a loving one, then that action could be considered good or at least forgivable.
Dr. Susi Ferrarello thinks we can do better than this. In her book, The Ethics of Love, she discusses the difficult intersection of love and ethics.
Love is the most important component of our emotional life on a personal, social and interpersonal level and yet not enough education is invested in learning how to love each other in a decent, healthy way. Dr. Ferrarello shows us the importance of ethics for love in the same way as she would discuss the importance of logic for reasoning. Ethics is the heart of love in the same way as logic is the brain of reasoning. Although it is possible to spend a life without loving anyone, loving someone and being loved according to the best of our intentions and the best of our possibilities, is the most reasonable thing to do to get through life in a meaningful and fulfilling way.
Valeria Teles interviews Dr. Susi Ferrarello — the author of “The Ethics of Love.”
Susi Ferrarello, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at California State University, East Bay. She completed her doctoral studies in philosophy at the Sorbonne in Paris. She also has an M.A. in human rights and political science from the University of Bologna. She received her accreditation in philosophical counseling in New York under the direction of Dr. Lou Marinoff.
Currently, she teaches at the California State University, East Bay and Saybrook University. She has taught courses in language, philosophy, and history, and has lectured and presented papers at universities in the U.S., Italy, Japan, Poland, Belgium, France, and the UK.
Meet Dr. Susi at practicalintentionality.com & psychologytoday.com/intl/contributors/susi-ferrarello-phd
To learn more about Dr. Susi Ferrarello and her work, please visit: practicalintentionality.com & psychologytoday.com/intl/contributors/susi-ferrarello-phd
— This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life through the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.
