Civil Unions for All

Philosophy in the Contemporary World 20 (2):55-64 (2013)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

The paper argues against using the language of "marriage" in public policy. Not simply because our current marriage laws result in confusing, unequal and unjust treatment of citizens, but because "marriage" is an unavoidably value-laden concept such that any marriage law will privilege some reasonable values over others. We should instead favor public policies that are more neutral, such as policies regarding civil unions

Categories

Keywords

Reprint years

DOI

10.5840/pcw201320210

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 92,100

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

My notes

Similar books and articles

Civil unions and the institution of marriage.Charles Pigden - manuscript
Re-thinking Civil Unions and Same-Sex Marriage.Brook J. Sadler - 2008 - The Monist 91 (3-4):578-605.
Stability of marital unions and fertility in nigeria.Uche C. Isiugo-Abanihe - 1998 - Journal of Biosocial Science 30 (1):33-41.
“Reasonable Hostility”: Its Usefulness and Limitation as a Norm for Public Hearings.Karen Tracy - 2011 - Informal Logic 31 (3):171-190.
Review: H. Jerome Keisler, Unions of Relational Systems; Jan Mycielski, On Unions of Denumerable Models. [REVIEW]Martin Helling - 1968 - Journal of Symbolic Logic 33 (2):287-287.
Is the state endorsement of any marriage justifiable? Same-sex marriage, civil unions, and the marriage privatization model.Lawrence Torcello - 2008 - Public Affairs Quarterly 22 (1):43-61.
Public or Private Good? The Contested Meaning of Marriage.Brook J. Sadler - 2010 - Social Philosophy Today 26:23-38.
La desobediencia civil como recurso de la sociedad civil para el alcance de la justicia.Dora Elvira García González - 2006 - Signos Filosóficos 8 (15):25-64.
Labor Unions and CSR.Lutz Preuss - 2008 - Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society 19:229-235.
A Reevaluation of the Trade Union Unity League, 1929–1934.Victor G. Devinatz - 2007 - Science and Society 71 (1):33 - 58.
Profintern: Die Rote Gewerkschaftsinternationale 1920–1937.Ian Birchall - 2009 - Historical Materialism 17 (4):164-176.
Unions and the axiom of choice.Omar De la Cruz, Eric J. Hall, Paul Howard, Kyriakos Keremedis & Jean E. Rubin - 2008 - Mathematical Logic Quarterly 54 (6):652-665.
The Corruption of Civil Rights and Civil Law.President Ulysses S. Grant - unknown
Da função da sociedade civil em Hegel y Habermas.Delamar José Volpato Dutra - 2006 - Utopía y Praxis Latinoamericana 11 (35):55-65.
Cumulativity without closure of the domain under finite unions.Dov M. Gabbay & Karl Schlechta - 2008 - Review of Symbolic Logic 1 (3):372-392.

Analytics

Added to PP
2014-02-16

Downloads
29 (#552,056)

6 months
2 (#1,202,487)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Author's Profile

Lori Keleher
New Mexico State University

Citations of this work

Two Models of Disestablished Marriage.Vaughn Bryan Baltzly - 2014 - Public Affairs Quarterly 28 (1):41-69.

Add more citations

References found in this work

No references found.

Add more references