title: "Friendship". To appear in the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. creator: Thomas, Professor Laurence subject: Ethics description: The essay discusses the nature of friendship and the role of parental love in the development of what Aristotle refers to as perfect friendship. I also conclude with some remarks regarding the influence of technology upon the significance of friendship. date: 2011-03-12 type: Preprint type: PeerReviewed format: application/pdf identifier: http://cogprints.org/7239/2/FriendshipENCY1001.pdf identifier: Thomas, Professor Laurence (2011) "Friendship". To appear in the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics. [Preprint] relation: http://cogprints.org/7239/