Minimizing marriage
Subtitle: marriage, morality, and the law
By: Elizabeth Brake
Series: Studies in feminist philosophy; Studies in feminist philosophy
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780199774135; 9780199774142
Subjects: Marriage law; Moral and ethical aspects; Philosophy; Marriage
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The marriage promise: is divorce promise-breaking?; title: How to commit marriage: a conceptual guide; title: Marriage, sex, and morals; title: Special treatment for lovers: marriage, care, and amatonormativity; title: Critiques of marriage: an essentially unjust institution?; title: Defining marriage: political liberalism and the same-sex marriage debates; title: Minimizing marriage: what political liberalism implies for marriage law; title: Challenges for minimal marriage: poverty, property, polygyny.