What is the shared activity condition of friendship

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1. According to Telfer, what is the "shared activity" condition of friendship? Why are the three components necessary but not sufficient conditions for friendship?

2. Telfer discusses two elements in the passions of friendship. Explain them, including the degree to which each is rational.

3. Why can we reject the notion (which Aristotle seems to assume) that we need to think of our friends as good people? Do you agree? Why?

4. On Telfer's analysis, Aristotle assumes that we must care for our friends "in themselves" rather than for any contingent facts about them. In what two senses is Aristotle's requirement valid, according to Telfer, and how can these senses be seen in the light of her earlier discussion?

5. How does choice necessarily enter into friendship on Telfer's analysis? (p. 256) What "weaker version" of choosing our friends is a necessary condition of friendship? Do you agree? Why?

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