## Metadata - Author: [[The Well]] - Full Title:: The Three Laws of Love, and How to Follow Them | Meghan Sullivan - Category:: #🗞️Articles - URL:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=6TUsn3ab4upytc5R&v=cUC4eNacxFg&feature=youtu.be - Read date:: [[2025-12-08]] ## Highlights > Aristotle famously said when you really love a friend, you experience that person as a second self. When they suffer, it feels like you too are experiencing their suffering. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kbza82fqx1x9hbmwpz08r3y0)) ## New highlights added [[2025-12-27]] > A Love Ethic has three components. First, what gives anyone moral significance is their mere human dignity. You don’t have to do anything else to be of profound value except exist. The second component of the Love Ethic is that love is at the very basis of our moral reasoning. We should always be grounding our reasoning in interpersonal love, which involves what it means to love another person who has dignity. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdfbrswemsq5m668xrm4tpcj)) > Imagine that stranger was your own parent, or your own sibling, or your best friend. Would you still feel that same level of resentment? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01kdfbtvyks3mb0yfxeckq39x9))