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Even in secular and civil contexts, marriage retains sacramental connotations. Yet what moral significance does it have? This book examines its morally salient features - promise, commitment, care, and contract - with surprising results. In Part One, ""De-Moralizing Marriage,"" essays on promise and commitment argue that we cannot promise to love and so wedding vows are (mostly) failed promises, and that marriage may be a poor commitment strategy. The book contends with the most influential philosophical accounts of the moral value of marriage to argue that marriage has no inherent moral signi

Marriage -- Moral and ethical aspects. --- Marriage -- Philosophy. --- Marriage law. --- Marriage --- Marriage law --- Sociology & Social History --- Social Sciences --- Family & Marriage --- Law, Marriage --- Domestic relations --- Sex and law --- Husband and wife --- Married life --- Matrimony --- Nuptiality --- Wedlock --- Love --- Sacraments --- Betrothal --- Courtship --- Families --- Home --- Honeymoons --- Philosophy --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Law and legislation --- Prohibited degrees --- 173.1 --- 173.1 Huwelijksethiek. Echtscheiding --- Huwelijksethiek. Echtscheiding --- General ethics --- Ethics --- Feminist criticism --- Gay marriages --- Matrimonial law --- Non-monogamy --- Liberalism --- Polygamy --- Poverty --- Sexuality --- Care --- Book --- Property rights