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By contrast, the following formulations express both moments:

Wiki Markup"\[L\]oving the other \ [means\] so accepting the other as to take account of the other's interests and then acting toward the other on the basis of such acceptance" (_Doing Theology Today_: 112).

"As we ordinarily use the term 'love,' to love another person is to do something that always has two closely related aspects. First of all, it is to accept the other person, in the sense of taking him or her into account, allowing him or her to make a difference by partly determining one's own actual being. Then, secondly, it is to act toward the other person, in whatever one says or does, on the basis of such acceptance" (Faith and Freedom: 69r).

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