After Marriage

In this collection, liberal and feminist philosophers debate whether marriage reform ought to stop with same-sex marriage. Some authors argue for abolishing marriage or for new legal forms such as polygamy or temporary marriage. Others argue that the liberal values justifying same-sex marriage do not entail further reform.

Elizabeth Brake is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State University. Her book, Minimizing Marriage (Oxford University Press, 2012), won an Honorable Mention for the 2014 APA Book Prize. She has also written on parental rights and obligations, liberal theory, Kant and Hegel, and is currently working on a project on disaster ethics. She has held a Murphy Institute Fellowship at Tulane and a Canadian SSHRC Grant.

Acknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction
Elizabeth Brake
Chapter 1: Liberal Neutrality and Civil Marriage
Simon C?bulea May
Chapter 2: Is Civil Marriage Illiberal?
Ralph Wedgwood
Chapter 3: The Limitations of Contract: Regulating Personal Relationships in a Marriage-Free State
Clare Chambers
Chapter 4: Is Marriage Bad for Children? Rethinking the Connection between Having Children, Romantic Love, and Marriage
Samantha Brennan and Bill Cameron
Chapter 5: Equality and Non-Hierarchy in Marriage: What Do Feminists Really Want?
Elizabeth Brake
Chapter 6: Liberty and Polygamy
Peter de Marneffe
Chapter 7: Polygamy, Privacy, and Equality
Laurie Shrage
Chapter 8: Temporary Marriage
Daniel Nolan
Chapter 9: The (Dis)value of Commitment to One's Spouse
Anca Gheaus
Bibliography
Index