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Index
Title Page
Dedication
A Note on Authorship
Acknowledgments
from Epithalamion
Introduction
1 - Challenges to Revisionists
THE STATE HAS AN INTEREST IN REGULATING SOME RELATIONSHIPS?
ONLY IF THEY ARE SEXUAL?
ONLY IF THEY ARE MONOGAMOUS?
2 - Comprehensive Union
COMPREHENSIVE UNIFYING ACTS: MIND AND BODY
COMPREHENSIVE UNIFYING GOODS: PROCREATION AND DOMESTIC LIFE
COMPREHENSIVE COMMITMENT: A RATIONAL BASIS FOR NORMS OF PERMANENCE AND EXCLUSIVITY
3 - The State and Marriage
WHY CIVIL MARRIAGE?
IS MARRIAGE ENDLESSLY MALLEABLE?
4 - What’s the Harm?
WEAKENING MARRIAGE: MAKING IT HARDER TO REALIZE
WEAKENING MARRIAGE AND EXPANDING GOVERNMENT: ERODING MARITAL NORMS
MAKING MOTHER OR FATHER SUPERFLUOUS
THREATENING MORAL AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
UNDERMINING FRIENDSHIP
THE “CONSERVATIVE” OBJECTION
5 - Justice and Equality
THE CASE OF INFERTILITY
THE INJUSTICE OF BANS ON INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE
6 - A Cruel Bargain?
PRACTICAL NEEDS
DIGNITARY HARM
PERSONAL FULFILLMENT, PUBLIC RECOGNITION
7 - Conclusion
Appendix - Further Reflections on Bodily Union
Notes
Index
Copyright Page
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