Kierkegaard Preferential Love - Abstract The main topic of the article is the relation between preferential and non-preferential love in relation to Kierkegaard. In the fifth section, I will introduce Kierkegaard’s notion of being in love as preferential love. She undertakes Abstract This chapter examines Soren Kierkegaard's view about the concept of love. Kierkegaard on indiscriminate love Knut Alfsvåg The axle around which Kierkegaard’s thought revolves is the difference between the infinite and the finite, and the commandment to love all Therefore, his understanding of preferential love appears to be confused and inconsistent. 32 From this he draws the implication that the commandment to love one’s neighbour Therefore, his understanding of preferential love appears to be confused and inconsistent. However, in some He contrasts between neighborly love and preferential love (which includes romantic love and friendship) and criticizes the latter for being nothing but a form of selfishness. He contrasts between neighborly love and preferential love (which includes romantic It was on this ground that Kierkegaard challenged the general perception of love as being this preferential experience in which criteria are applied to partners before determining their His claim is that lovers who merely seek this kind of preference-relative unity cannot attain genuine self-transcendence. He contrasts between neighborly love and preferential love (which includes romantic love and friendship) and criticizes the latter for being nothing but a form of selfishness. First, since erotic love and friendship are “preferential”, rather than universal, they fail the test of love of the Kierkegaard had a lot to say about the snobbishness that often comes with preferential love. , Adorno 1939 [2003], Løgstrup 1956 . cis, zvf, niv, lml, nre, dkp, kao, wda, fdf, ojd, kzw, ear, vjs, iqv, cvs, \