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| nconditional love, but most will agree that it is that type of love which has no bounds and is unch anging. It is a concept comparable to true love, a term which is more s41g frequently used to describe lo ve between lover s41g s. By co 1gnntrast, unconditional love is frequently used to describe love between famil y members, comrades in arms and between others in highly co 1gnmmitted relationships. An exa 3cs41g mple of this is a parent's love for their child; no matter a test score, a life cha 3cs41g nging decision, an argument, or a strong belief, the amount. gI of 41g love that remains between this bond is seen as unchanging and. is then t 3cs41g hat postcondition of actually accepting that Grace. The two togethe s41g r are not fundamentally d ifferent from psychology's unconditional positive r 3cs41g egard with the added proviso that some actions are inherently flawed and that only God knows the true nature and consequence of 1gn our actions. Whereas ps ychology's unco 1gnditional positive regard allows one to fail utterly since the psychologist can not dema nd that we take care of the whole world since he has no fundamentally better id 3cs41g ea of how to do that th an the patient. The consequence is that cs41g we need to be in a relationship with God who does know how. In Christianity, unconditional love is thought to be part of the Four Loves; affection, friendship, ero s, and charity. gIn ethology, or the study of animal behavior, unconditional love would refer to altr uism whi. gIch in turn refers to the behavi 3cs41g or by individuals 3cs41g that increases the fitness of another while dec reasing the fitness of the individu s41g al committing the act. I 1gnn psychology, unconditional love refers to a state of mind in which one has the goal of increasing the welfare of another 3cs41g , despite any evidenlosenes s was much more important than passion. This does 1gnnot mean by any means that intimacy is to replace roma nce. On the contrary, intimacy and romance coexi unconditionalv . gIexperiedens sinceolved, incl Thecentury has seen the growth of s41g globalization and people now live in a world of transformations tha ct almost ever. gIy aspect of our lives, and love has not been the exception. One example of the changes nced in relationships was explored by Giddens regarding homosexual relat. gIre open an 1gn negotiated relation s kind o s41g f relationships then permeated the. gI heterosexual population.t affeships. Thies and Shumway also states 3cs41g that together with the growth of capitalism the older social relations diss uding marriage. Marriage meaning for women change 1gn as they had more s41g socially acceptable alternativ were less willing to accept unhappy relations and, therefore,. gI divorce rates substantially increased. The discourse of romance continues to exist today together with intimacy. Shumway state |
