Love, Grief, and Resilience

This paper defends resilience in bereavement by way of responding to two prominent objections the contemporary philosophical literature. Resilience pertains ability return one’s functional and emotional baselines a comparatively short period after death loved one. Contrary what Moller thinks, is compatible with having deep appreciation for deceased Appealing example Zhuangzi’s grieving his wife, I argue that agony grief assuaged as one comes terms loss through realization universality inevitability death. can be so even continues appreciate significance has lost. Also, contrary Smuts’ view, does not indicate failure care. Although resilient free from prolonged intense grief, she could continue care constructing new relationship her contributing this ways are appropriate it. view further corroborated empirical research. According continuing bonds theory, healthy resolved establishing changed ties rather than detaching ourselves them.