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"That Man Is You!" The Juristic Person And Faithful Love, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
"That Man Is You!" The Juristic Person And Faithful Love, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
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The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet: Toward A General Theory Of Society, Marriage, And The Family, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet: Toward A General Theory Of Society, Marriage, And The Family, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
This article sketches the foundation for a general theory of society. Rejecting portrayals that make society a field of exploitation and dominance, it proposes instead an account that locates the foundation of society in its service of certain basic goods. Society is a kind of friendship. It is to be defined based on the goods of friendship and the projects that serve those goods. Its elements, including those of obligation, office, shame, and rehabilitation, further those goods. The society that emerges from this account is a "society of life." This article also proposes the concept of "components of society," reflecting …
Marriage And The Ethics Of Office, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Marriage And The Ethics Of Office, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
This Article alms to retrieve the neglected concept of the "office," as in "the judicial office" or "corporate officer" or the"office of deacon or lector." It aims to present a thorough account of what that term means. It inquires into the ethics of office, advancing the thesis that to hold and exercise office is a good thing, not only in the obvious instrumental ways-it serves a function and it gets results-but also as a part of the "final," non instrumental good of the officeholder and even, in some arrangements, of the recipient of the officeholder's services. Office is an aspect …
Marriage And The Good Of Obligation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Marriage And The Good Of Obligation, Scott T. Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
Marriage is obligatory. This is not to say, of course, that bachelorhood must be avoided or that everyone ought to get married. The point, rather, is that those who do wed form a relationship which embraces obligation as a fundamental component ("commitment norms," as Professor Elizabeth Scott has put it). This article aims to show why this is a good thing, and fundamentally so. Marriage and other affiliations, it seems, may involve obligation in two basic ways. The first way is instrumentally. The projects of married life require long-term commitment and fixity of purpose: raising children and paying off the …