Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law /
Brake, Elizabeth.
Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law / Elizabeth Brake. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) - Studies in feminist philosophy . - Studies in feminist philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The marriage promise: is divorce promise-breaking? -- How to commit marriage: a conceptual guide -- Marriage, sex, and morals -- Special treatment for lovers: marriage, care, and amatonormativity -- Critiques of marriage: an essentially unjust institution? -- Defining marriage: political liberalism and the same-sex marriage debates -- Minimizing marriage: what political liberalism implies for marriage law -- Challenges for minimal marriage: poverty, property, polygyny.
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 mor
9780199775354 (electronic bk.) 0199775354 (electronic bk.)
9786613623683
362368 MIL
016025827 Uk
Marriage--Philosophy.
Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.
Marriage law.
Mariage--Philosophie.
Mariage--Aspect moral.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Ethics & Morals.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Family Relationships.
Marriage law.
Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.
Marriage--Philosophy.
Eherecht
Eheschließung
Ethik
Ehe
Electronic books.
HQ734 / .B785 2012eb
173
Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law / Elizabeth Brake. - New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (x, 240 pages) - Studies in feminist philosophy . - Studies in feminist philosophy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The marriage promise: is divorce promise-breaking? -- How to commit marriage: a conceptual guide -- Marriage, sex, and morals -- Special treatment for lovers: marriage, care, and amatonormativity -- Critiques of marriage: an essentially unjust institution? -- Defining marriage: political liberalism and the same-sex marriage debates -- Minimizing marriage: what political liberalism implies for marriage law -- Challenges for minimal marriage: poverty, property, polygyny.
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 mor
9780199775354 (electronic bk.) 0199775354 (electronic bk.)
9786613623683
362368 MIL
016025827 Uk
Marriage--Philosophy.
Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.
Marriage law.
Mariage--Philosophie.
Mariage--Aspect moral.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Ethics & Morals.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Family Relationships.
Marriage law.
Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.
Marriage--Philosophy.
Eherecht
Eheschließung
Ethik
Ehe
Electronic books.
HQ734 / .B785 2012eb
173