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Sex, preference, and family : essays on law and nature / edited by David M. Estlund and Martha C. Nussbaum.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 368 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585278334
  • 9780585278339
  • 1280470879
  • 9781280470875
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sex, preference, and family.DDC classification:
  • 346.01/5 342.615 20
LOC classification:
  • K625 .S49 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Part I: Shaping sex, preference, and family -- The social construction and reconstruction of care / Michele M. Moody-Adams -- Constructing love, desire, and care / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Sexual orientation and gender: dichotomizing differences / Susan Moller Okin -- Part II: Sex -- Democratic sex: Reynolds v. U.S., sexual relations and community / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Sexuality and liberty: making room for nature and tradition? / Stephen Macedo -- Pornography left and right / Catherine A. Mackinnon -- The visit and the video: publication and the line between sex and speech / David M. Estlund -- Shaping and sex: commentary on parts I and II / David M. Estlund -- Part III: Preference -- The economic approach to homosexuality / Richard A. Posner -- The sexual economist and legal regulation of the sexual orientations / Janet E. Halley -- Homosexuality and the Constitution / Cass R. Sunstein -- Natural law, morality, and sexual complementarity / Paul J. Weithman -- Part IV: Family -- All in the family and in all families: membership, loving and owing / Martha Minow -- Beyond lesbian and gay 'families we choose' / William N. Eskridge, Jr. -- Causes of declining well-being among U.S. children / William A. Galston -- The consequences of single motherhood / Sara Mclanahan -- Preference and family: commentary on Parts III and IV / Martha C. Nussbaum.
Summary: Sex, Preference, and Family brings together seventeen eminent philosophers and legal scholars who offer illuminating and often provocative commentary on sexuality (including sexual behavior, sexual orientation, and the role of pornography in shaping sexuality), on the family (including both same-sex and single-parent families), and on the proper role of law in these areas. The essayists are all fiercely independent thinkers and offer intriguing and controversial proposals.
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Sex, Preference, and Family brings together seventeen eminent philosophers and legal scholars who offer illuminating and often provocative commentary on sexuality (including sexual behavior, sexual orientation, and the role of pornography in shaping sexuality), on the family (including both same-sex and single-parent families), and on the proper role of law in these areas. The essayists are all fiercely independent thinkers and offer intriguing and controversial proposals.

Part I: Shaping sex, preference, and family -- The social construction and reconstruction of care / Michele M. Moody-Adams -- Constructing love, desire, and care / Martha C. Nussbaum -- Sexual orientation and gender: dichotomizing differences / Susan Moller Okin -- Part II: Sex -- Democratic sex: Reynolds v. U.S., sexual relations and community / Nancy L. Rosenblum -- Sexuality and liberty: making room for nature and tradition? / Stephen Macedo -- Pornography left and right / Catherine A. Mackinnon -- The visit and the video: publication and the line between sex and speech / David M. Estlund -- Shaping and sex: commentary on parts I and II / David M. Estlund -- Part III: Preference -- The economic approach to homosexuality / Richard A. Posner -- The sexual economist and legal regulation of the sexual orientations / Janet E. Halley -- Homosexuality and the Constitution / Cass R. Sunstein -- Natural law, morality, and sexual complementarity / Paul J. Weithman -- Part IV: Family -- All in the family and in all families: membership, loving and owing / Martha Minow -- Beyond lesbian and gay 'families we choose' / William N. Eskridge, Jr. -- Causes of declining well-being among U.S. children / William A. Galston -- The consequences of single motherhood / Sara Mclanahan -- Preference and family: commentary on Parts III and IV / Martha C. Nussbaum.

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