Kant’s Ethics and the Same-Sex Marriage Debate - An Introduction

This book defends the thesis that Kant’s normative ethics and his practical ethics of sex and marriage can be valuable resources for people engaged in the contemporary debate over same-sex marriage. It does so by first developing a reading of Kant’s normative ethics that explains the way in which Ka...

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Main Author: Arroyo, Christopher. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55733-5
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Part I
  • Chapter 1 For Better or Worse: An Overview of the Same-sex Marriage Debate
  • Chapter 2 Finitude & Dependency: Kant’s Conception of Moral Obligation
  • Chapter 3 Such Crooked Timber: Kant’s Philosophical Anthropology
  • Chapter 4 All You Need is Love, Respect, and Autocracy: Kant’s Virtue Ethics
  • Part II
  • Chapter 5 Dependency & Domination: Gender & Kant’s Practical Sexual Ethic
  • Chapter 6 Love and Respect Redux: Kant on Sex, Marriage, and Friendship
  • Chapter 7 Conclusion: Kant’s Ethics & The Same-sex Marriage Debate.