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Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law /

Brake, Elizabeth.

Minimizing marriage : marriage, morality, and the law / Elizabeth Brake. - New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. - x, 240 p. ; 24 cm. - 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.

9780199774135 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0199774137 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780199774142 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0199774145 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2011029589

016025827 Uk 016025828 Uk


Marriage--Philosophy.
Marriage--Moral and ethical aspects.
Marriage law.

HQ734 / .B785 2012

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