Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law / Elizabeth Brake.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brake, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Studies in feminist philosophy.

Studies in feminist philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--Philosophy.

Marriage.

Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.

Marriage law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 240 pages).

Other Title:

Marriage, morality, and the law

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

This text addresses fundamental questions about marriage in moral and political philosophy. It examines promise, commitment care, and contract to argue that marriage is not morally transformative.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-991197-5

OCLC:

742339159