02749nam 2200553 450 991078828420332120201010042520.01-4422-4931-51-4422-4932-3(CKB)2670000000617676(EBL)2055447(SSID)ssj0001534352(PQKBManifestationID)11821353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001534352(PQKBWorkID)11496056(PQKB)11430396(MiAaPQ)EBC2055447(EXLCZ)99267000000061767620150602h20152015 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe moral defense of homosexuality why every argument against gay rights fails /Chris MeyersLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (259 p.)Description based upon print version of record.Print version: Meyers, Chris, 1968- Moral defense of homosexuality : why every argument against gay rights fails. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015 x, 247 pages 9781442249318 2014050081 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What Is Morality?; 3 Moral Theory and Divine Command; 4 Destiny or Choice? Biology, Sexual Orientation, and Responsibility; 5 Homosexuality and Morality I-The Natural Law Argument; 6 Homosexuality and Morality II-The Teleological Argument and Moral Intuitionistism; 7 Debunking Psychological Explanations for Disapproval of Homosexuality; 8 Homosexuality, Consequences, and Justice I-Slippery Slope Arguments; 9 Homosexuality, Consequences, and Justice II: Alleged Bad Consequences of Gay-Tolerant Public Policies10 Arguments in Favor of Homosexuality and Gay RightsNotes; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorIn this book, Chris Meyers takes the reader on a careful, rational, sustained criticism of arguments about the immorality of homosexuality. Meyers refutes anti-gay arguments by showing that they are based on unreasonable or demonstrably false ideas about the nature of morality.Gay rightsPhilosophyGay rightsUnited StatesHomosexualityMoral and ethical aspectsGay rightsPhilosophy.Gay rightsHomosexualityMoral and ethical aspects.323.3/2640973Meyers Chris1968-1490432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788284203321The moral defense of homosexuality3711810UNINA