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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797283803321

Autore

Richardson-Self Louise

Titolo

Justifying Same-Sex Marriage [[electronic resource] ] : A Philosophical Investigation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Rowman & Littlefield International, 2015

ISBN

1-78348-322-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Disciplina

306.848

Soggetti

Gay rights

Human rights

Same-sex marriage

Sociology & Social History

Social Sciences

Family & Marriage

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Rights, Norms, and Small Change""; ""2 Assimilative Justifications of Same-Sex Marriage""; ""3 Feminist Criticisms of Human Rights""; ""4 Towards a Feminist Human Rights Framework""; ""5 Advancing the Intersubjective Justification Theory""; ""6 A Combined Approach""; ""Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

There is massive public interest in same-sex marriage, a controversial topic that is rarely out of the media. This book investigates the extent to which legalizing same-sex marriage can contribute to ending the discrimination and social stigma faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender men and women (LGBT) in the Western world. This issue breaks down into several further questions: can marriage equality be defended without reinforcing the idea that marriage is the most/only valuable form of intimate relationship? Can marriage equality be defended without further marginalizing non-conform