Read Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law

Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law

Elizabeth Brake

4.9/5 (30684 ratings)

Description:Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features -- promise, commitment, care, and contract -- with surprising results. In Part One, "De-Moralizing Marriage," essays on promise and commitment argue that we cannot promise to love and so wedding vows are (mostly) failed promises, and that marriage may be a poor commitment strategy. The book contends with the most influential philosophical accounts of the moral value of marriage to argue that marriage has no inherent moral significance. Further, the special value accorded marriage sustains amatonormative discrimination - discrimination against non-amorous or non-exclusive caring relationships such as friendships, adult care networks, polyamorous groups, or urban tribes. The discussion raises issues of independent interest for the moral philosopher such as the possibilities and bounds of interpersonal moral obligations and the nature of commitment. The central argument of Part Two, "Democratizing Marriage," is that liberal reasons for recognizing same-sex marriage also require recognition of groups, polyamorists, polygamists, friends, urban tribes, and adult care networks. Political liberalism requires the disestablishment of monogamous amatonormative marriage. Under the constraints of public reason, a liberal state must refrain from basing law solely on moral or religious doctrines; but only such doctrines could furnish reason for restricting marriage to male-female couples or romantic love dyads. Restrictions on marriage should thus be minimized. But public reason can provide a strong rationale for minimal marriage: care, and social supports for care, are a matter of fundamental justice. Part Two also responds to challenges posed by property division on divorce, polygyny, and supporting parenting, and builds on critiques of marriage drawn from feminism, queer theory, and race theory. It argues, using the example of minimal marriage, for the compatibility of liberalism and feminism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law. To get started finding Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0199774137

Description: Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features -- promise, commitment, care, and contract -- with surprising results. In Part One, "De-Moralizing Marriage," essays on promise and commitment argue that we cannot promise to love and so wedding vows are (mostly) failed promises, and that marriage may be a poor commitment strategy. The book contends with the most influential philosophical accounts of the moral value of marriage to argue that marriage has no inherent moral significance. Further, the special value accorded marriage sustains amatonormative discrimination - discrimination against non-amorous or non-exclusive caring relationships such as friendships, adult care networks, polyamorous groups, or urban tribes. The discussion raises issues of independent interest for the moral philosopher such as the possibilities and bounds of interpersonal moral obligations and the nature of commitment. The central argument of Part Two, "Democratizing Marriage," is that liberal reasons for recognizing same-sex marriage also require recognition of groups, polyamorists, polygamists, friends, urban tribes, and adult care networks. Political liberalism requires the disestablishment of monogamous amatonormative marriage. Under the constraints of public reason, a liberal state must refrain from basing law solely on moral or religious doctrines; but only such doctrines could furnish reason for restricting marriage to male-female couples or romantic love dyads. Restrictions on marriage should thus be minimized. But public reason can provide a strong rationale for minimal marriage: care, and social supports for care, are a matter of fundamental justice. Part Two also responds to challenges posed by property division on divorce, polygyny, and supporting parenting, and builds on critiques of marriage drawn from feminism, queer theory, and race theory. It argues, using the example of minimal marriage, for the compatibility of liberalism and feminism.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law. To get started finding Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law

Minimizing Marriage: Morality, Marriage, and the Law

More Books

After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships

After Marriage: Rethinking Marital Relationships

پدر - مادری و تولید مثل

پدر - مادری و تولید مثل

Philosophical Foundations of Children's and Family Law

Philosophical Foundations of Children's and Family Law

The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 54: 1973.

The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 54: 1973.

90S Stoner Coloring Book: 44+ Trippy Psychedelic Stoner 420 Coloring Pages For Adults With Many Favorite Characters For Stress Relief And Relaxation (German Edition)

90S Stoner Coloring Book: 44+ Trippy Psychedelic Stoner 420 Coloring Pages For Adults With Many Favorite Characters For Stress Relief And Relaxation (German Edition)

Coppice & Brake

Coppice & Brake

Crack the Spine XV

Crack the Spine XV

Ancient Mounds of Watson Brake: Oldest Earthworks in North America

Ancient Mounds of Watson Brake: Oldest Earthworks in North America

Yeast For Woman Health: Yeast For Woman Health: The Complete Guide On Everything Yeast, Uses, Benefits and Its Medical Brake-through.

Yeast For Woman Health: Yeast For Woman Health: The Complete Guide On Everything Yeast, Uses, Benefits and Its Medical Brake-through.