Download This PaperMarriage: A Basic and Exigent Good
The Monist, Vol. 91, pp. 388-406, 2008
19 Pages Posted: 22 Apr 2009
Date Written: 2008
Abstract
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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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: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1392288
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