Therefore, friendships of utility typically form quickly (even spontaneously) and they may end abruptly, such as anytime the need that created the friendship in the first place ceases to exist. Likewise, in friendships of utility, one friend or the other can be easily substituted by a different person who fulfills the same need for the other person (Magill & McGreal, 1981)
From Irrera's perspective, a shared sense of justice acts as a surrogate for love in political friendships, but does not guarantee that such associations contribute to the attainment of an ultimate good. This common sense of justice, according to Aristotle, is what ties a political community together (Irrera); therefore a political community consists of a population of political friendships
This common sense of justice, according to Aristotle, is what ties a political community together (Irrera); therefore a political community consists of a population of political friendships. If this concept is examined in the current political climate in the United States, there are many who would argue that it was a common sense of justice concerning the plight of immigrants that helped President Obama to win reelection (O'Brian, 2012)
Friendships based on ethical excellence are more difficult to explain, but nonetheless easily recognized by most people as a mutual attraction based on similar values and ethics. 'Ethical excellence' friendships contrast with utilitarian friendships, because the former deals with the good of the individual and the latter deals with the good of the polis or political community (Zunjic)
For a moment this displaces his budding friendship with Jim, as Jim begins to feel freer and freer. The way that Huck is brought back around to feeling guilty about betraying Jim to the men looking for a runaway slave is this: as Huck is paddling out to meet the men, Jim calls Huck the "best friend" he's ever had (Twain 161)
The unique Christian concept of love has evolved through the merging of Christianity with Greek philosophy. However, the term agape was not a term found in Classical Greek, indicating a completely new concept of love that came from Christ, which required the new word (Carmichael 35)
Human beings are technically incapable of communicating love in the same way God would, but can communicate love in other ways including but not limited to making selfless sacrifices. It is also possible to conceive of the love between husband and wife as being a process of unfolding grace given and shared between the couple (Cooke 81)
Just as friends must model their love for one another on God's love, husband and wife must do the same. The Bible suggests that husband and wife become one flesh and one body, similar to the ways Christians and Christ share the same spiritual body (Lawler)