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The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights
Richard Mohr
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Description for The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights
Hardback. In his support of same-sex marriage, the author defines matrimony as the development and maintenance of intimacy through which people meet their basic needs and carry out their everyday living, and he contends that this definition applies equally to homosexual and heterosexual couples. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 346.
Engaging the whole spectrum of public-policy issues affecting gays and lesbians from a humanistic and philosophical approach, Richard Mohr uses the tools of his trade to assess the logic and ethics of gay rights. Focusing on ideas and values, Mohr's nuanced case for legal and social acceptance applies widely held ethical principles to various issues, including same-sex marriage, AIDS, and gays in the military. By drawing on cultural-, legal-, and ethical-based arguments, Mohr moves away from tired political rhetoric and reveals the important ways in which the struggle for gay rights and acceptance relates to mainstream American society, history, and ... Read more
Engaging the whole spectrum of public-policy issues affecting gays and lesbians from a humanistic and philosophical approach, Richard Mohr uses the tools of his trade to assess the logic and ethics of gay rights. Focusing on ideas and values, Mohr's nuanced case for legal and social acceptance applies widely held ethical principles to various issues, including same-sex marriage, AIDS, and gays in the military. By drawing on cultural-, legal-, and ethical-based arguments, Mohr moves away from tired political rhetoric and reveals the important ways in which the struggle for gay rights and acceptance relates to mainstream American society, history, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231135207
SKU
V9780231135207
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About Richard Mohr
Richard D. Mohr is professor of philosophy at the University of Illinois-Urbana. He is the author of The Platonic Cosmology; Gays/Justice: A Study of Ethics, Society, and Law; Gay Ideas: Outing and Other Controversies; A More Perfect Union: Why Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay Rights; and Pottery, Politics, Art: George Ohr and the Brothers Kirkpatrick. A public intellectual, ... Read more
Reviews for The Long Arc of Justice: Lesbian and Gay Marriage, Equality, and Rights
A clever and insightful explanation...Throughout the book, Mohr makes his points well.
Johanna Lunglhofer Washington Blade This eloquent articulation of what gays deserve from American society.
Richard Labonte gsyndicate.com An engaging and challenging blend of politics, ethics and philosophical discourse, Arc is a must-read for anyone who's even remotely interested in where the queer rights movement is going ... Read more
Johanna Lunglhofer Washington Blade This eloquent articulation of what gays deserve from American society.
Richard Labonte gsyndicate.com An engaging and challenging blend of politics, ethics and philosophical discourse, Arc is a must-read for anyone who's even remotely interested in where the queer rights movement is going ... Read more