Reddit reviews Philosophy of Sex and Love: A Reader

In dating, no, but in committing to marriage - especially for the man - going through a divorce can be like having your head bitten off.

Actually, this was a scenario I generated based on a philosophical analysis of the nature of commitment. I think it was Nozick, in a paper republished in this book, which is packed away in storage on the other side of the planet right now.

He broke it down that you could not simply commit to someone blindly, and you could not commit if they agree to commit. It was some sort of nested I'll commit if you commit if I'll commit. . . .

I'm trying to remember but it was years ago that I read the essay and I can't find a copy of it online.