Which of these best describes Annette Baier's naturalistic view of love?

a. "Love is...risky and unsafe precisely because one odes not know, cannot know, just how one's life will be affected by the strong sort of involvement in the life of another that it brings."
b. "Love is a complex of many emotions, directed toward another."
c. Love is valuing of which desire is only one alternate form
d. "The Real aim of the whole of love's romance, although the persons concerned are unconscious of the fact is that a particular being may come into the world


Answer: a. "Love is...risky and unsafe precisely because one odes not know, cannot know, just how one's life will be affected by the strong sort of involvement in the life of another that it brings."

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