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Educational Justice And The Recognition Of Marriage, Scott Fitzgibbon
Educational Justice And The Recognition Of Marriage, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
No abstract provided.
Parent, Child, Husband, Wife: When Recognition Fails, Tragedy Ensues, Scott Fitzgibbon
Parent, Child, Husband, Wife: When Recognition Fails, Tragedy Ensues, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
This article briefly notes some developments in the law and society of our present age regarding the understanding — the recognition — of marriage, fatherhood, motherhood, and the family. The article warns against a certain casualness, a confusion, perhaps even a certain promiscuity of thought, that has occasionally emerged in the law. Drawing on Sophocles' drama Oedipus the King and on the scriptural narrative of David and Bathsheba, the article investigates what might be called the "moral location" of the activity of recognition. It proposes that recognition of basic family forms is a process with a deep dimension. It apprehends …
The Jurisprudence Of Marriage And Other Intimate Relationships, Scott Fitzgibbon
The Jurisprudence Of Marriage And Other Intimate Relationships, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
Contains essays about the basic meaning and principles underlying legal regulation of marriage and other relation- ships, written by a dozen prominent legal scholars from five nations, including authorities on jurisprudence and family law and scholars of other relevant disciplines. Topics include the principles used to determine eligibility for particular legal and social recognition; the current status of such relationships in society and law; how such relationships may affect one another; the foundations for public recognition of relationships; and critical analysis of various legal theories that would level such relation- ships. All chapters consider various relationship forms in the light …
"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
No abstract provided.
The Principles Of Justice In Procreative Affiliations, Scott Fitzgibbon
The Principles Of Justice In Procreative Affiliations, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
What's the Harm? is an interdisciplinary collection of perspectives on the question of harm--whether legalizing same-sex marriage will cause harm to society, and whether the denial of same-sex marriage causes harm to society. This clarifying and illuminating book explores the societal, familial, individual, and jurisprudential harms of the legalization or prohibition of same-sex marriage. The contributors wrestle with the "what's the harm" question from a variety of academic and professional perspectives, emphasizing the significance and impact of legalizing same-sex marriage for law, government, family relations, and child welfare. What's the Harm? is a valuable resource of diverse insights, arguments, and …
The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet And The Jurisprudence Of The Juristic Society, Scott Fitzgibbon
The Seduction Of Lydia Bennet And The Jurisprudence Of The Juristic Society, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
The theme of the 12th World Conference of the ISFL is The Family Law – Balancing Interests, Pursuing Priorities. The papers presented there reflected (to a varying degree) that theme, and will analyze the family laws, doctrines, rules, decisions and reform proposals of many nations from these balance-and-priorities perspectives. Papers concerning civil and common law, spousal as well as parent-child issues, traditional as well as non-traditional relations, existing laws as well as proposed reforms, economic as well as non-economic issues, and essential as well as adjective laws will be included. The book contains selected papers chosen for the interest and …
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 …
The Formless City Of Plato's Republic: How The Legal And Social Promotion Of Divorce And Same-Sex Marriage Contravenes The Principles And Undermines The Projects Of The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
In the Republic, Plato describes a stage in social decay called “formlessness,” where all sorts of differences are accepted and none is preferred. No one need hold office or obey. People are impatient with all the ties that ought to bind them. Plato's formess city displays three deplorable features. One is the denigration of law and custom. A second is ethical skepticism or nihilism. A third is the repudiation of duty. These features also characterize the divorce culture and the same-sex marriage movement. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights reflects a philosophy quite the reverse of Plato’s formless city. Its …
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 …
Wojtylan Insight Into Love And Friendship: Shared Consciousness And The Breakdown Of Solidarity, Scott Fitzgibbon
Wojtylan Insight Into Love And Friendship: Shared Consciousness And The Breakdown Of Solidarity, Scott Fitzgibbon
Scott T. FitzGibbon
There is a fundamental clash in contemporary society between, on the one hand, an orthodox Christian understanding of human dignity and of what is required of us if we are to respect and honour the dignity of every human being and, on the other hand, a secularist vision of human existence. In his great Encyclical Evangelium Vitae, 'The Gospel of Life', Pope John Paul II identified as the practical expression of this clash the conflict between what he called the 'culture of life' and the 'culture of death'. The present volume explores the roots of the two cultures, contemporary manifestations …
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 …