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Love, caring, and identity .............................................................16  \n1.1. The basics of caring .............................................................................................. 17  \n1.1.1. Frankfurt on love and identification........................................................... 17  \n1.1.2. Helm’s critique............................................................................................... 19  \n1.2. Helm’s intimate identification ............................................................................. 20  \n1.2.1. Caring about persons .................................................................................... 20  \n1.2.2. Identity, well-being and a life worth living ................................................ 24  \n1.2.3. Problematic identities ................................................................................... 27  \n1.3. Rejecting the caring approach ............................................................................. 30  \n1.3.1. Love in spite of problematic identities....................................................... 30  \n1.3.2. Love in spite of opposing identities ........................................................... 34  \n1.3.3. Not caring about neutral values .................................................................. 36  \n1.4. Making love about the lover................................................................................ 40  \nConclusion..................................................................................................................... 42  \nChapter 2. Narrative theory ........................................................................... 43  \n2.1. Preliminary distinctions........................................................................................ 44  \n2.1.1. Departing from the philosophy of emotion.............................................. 44  \n2.1.2. Departing from the metaphysics of personal identity ............................. 46  \n2.1.3. The self-concept ............................................................................................ 48  \n2.2. Different formulations of the narrative claim .................................................. 52  \n2.2.1. The basics of narrative.................................................................................. 52  \n2.2.2. Strong Narrativism ........................................................................................ 54  \n2.2.3. Minimal Narrativism ..................................................................................... 57  \n2.3. The anti-narrativist challenge .............................................................................. 61  \n2.3.1. Accepting non-diachronic self-experience ..............................","cbCaid1qYC59nkyK","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaid1qYC59nkyK","pdf",1163098,187,"English","# Abstract\n# Introduction\n# Chapter 1: Love, caring, and identity\n## The basics of caring\n## Helm’s intimate identification\n## Rejecting the caring approach\n## Making love about the lover\n# Chapter 2: Narrative theory\n## Preliminary distinctions\n## Different formulations of the narrative claim\n## The anti-narrativist challenge\n## The challenge to Minimal Narrativism\n# Chapter 3: The narrative self-concept\n## The role of narrative in Minimal Narrativism\n## The missing piece in Minimal Narrativism","[{\"question\":\"How does the thesis connect love with caring and identity?\",\"answer\":\"It presents love as intertwined with caring practices while examining how these connect to identity. 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