Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law /

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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 pro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brake, Elizabeth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Colección:Studies in feminist philosophy.
Temas:
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
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 240 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199775354
0199775354

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