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Best of: A new philosophy of love

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Importance of Respecting Your Partner's Autonomy

"I'm married, I've been with my wife for 11 years now. We're in a pretty challenging stage of life," he says. "There are inevitable clashes and my biggest worry is that we might allow ourselves to believe the lie that love consists in the loss of our own agency." He adds: "If you're going to love someone in a way that respects their autonomy, that means you're not in control of them"

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