DQ10

1-Answer the question:

How would you distinguish between love and friendship? Explain.

2-Respond for the students only need 2 sentences for each student.

Student 1

I do not think you can discern between love and friendship. If you have a really close friend, you love them in the sense that you would help them in need, or make some sort of personal sacrifice for them. Having a close intimate relationship with someone also involves some aspect of friendship in the sense that you have to get along, you spend lots of time together, and must also make personal sacrifices for them occasionally. Love is just like a more intense form of friendship that may or may not accompany aspects of sex.

Response 1

Student2

Because there are many types of love, which generally always include friendship as a part of it, the two cannot be clearly distinguished. Romantic love generally has an aspect of being best friends, plus added emotional and sexual intimacy you do not generally have with platonic friends. I love my friends, but in a platonic matter where I care deeply about their well-being, but also on the surface we are friends because I enjoy their company and doing things with them. Because love and friendship are concepts, and not clearly defined, there is a lot of overlap between the two and there is not a clear line where they separate. 

Response 2