Research / Curated paper

Love and Irrationality: It’s Got to Be Rational to Love You Because It Makes Me So Happy

Abstract

Discusses love and irrationality, arguing it is rational to pursue happiness and delight from love, even if it may lead to future unhappiness. Notes that love's peculiarities, such as the difficulty in calculating its actuarial value, led Max Weber to classify it as charismatic rather than rational.

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