This collection of essays on the philosophy of love, by leading contributors to the discussion, places particular emphasis on the relation between love, its character and appropriateness and the objects towards which it is directed: romantic and erotic partners, persons, ourselves, strangers, non-human animals and art.

Kate Abramson, Indiana University, USA Aaron BenZe'ev, University of Haifa, Israel Jan Bransen, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Elizabeth Drummond Young, University of Edinburgh, UK Daniel Gustafsson works at the intersections of philosophy, theology and the arts Tomá Hejduk, University of Pardubice, Czech Republic Magdalena Hoffmann, University of Bern, Switzerland Angelika Krebs, University of Basel, Switzerland Michael Kühler, Münster University, Germany Adam Leite, Indiana University, USA Katrien Schaubroeck, University of Antwerp, Belgium Aaron Smuts, Rhode Island College, USA