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Marriage: A Basic and Exigent Good

John Finnis
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law; Notre Dame Law School


The Monist, Vol. 91, pp. 388-406, 2008
Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-13

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This paper, written for a special issue of The Monist 91 (2008) on marriage, offers a fundamental account of marriage as a basic human good and institution, with some reflections on the moral and social implications of the good’s exigencies (requirements), not least its heterosexual character.

Keywords: marriage, intrinsic good, basic human good, sexuality, divorce, natural law

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Date posted: April 22, 2009 ; Last revised: April 22, 2009

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Finnis, John M., Marriage: A Basic and Exigent Good (2008). The Monist, Vol. 91, pp. 388-406, 2008; Notre Dame Legal Studies Paper No. 09-13. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1392288


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John M. Finnis (Contact Author)
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law ( email )
University College
High Street
Oxford , England OX1 4BH
United Kingdom
Notre Dame Law School ( email )
P.O. Box 780
Notre Dame, IN 46556-0780
United States
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