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Zusatztext [A] fascinating account of the theory and possible practice of sexual relations in different cultures … This review does not do justice to the extensive study and profound reflection on all aspects of human sexual relations in Margaret Farley’s book. She has made an immense contribution to the study of virtue ethics. Informationen zum Autor Margaret A. Farley holds the Gilbert L. Stark Chair in Christian Ethics and Professor Emerita at Yale University Divinity School. She was awarded the 2007 St Elizabeth Setan Medal and 2008 Grawemeyer award. She is also a past president of the Society of Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America. Klappentext In a pathbreaking exploration of sexual ethics, Farley--who is highly regarded by her peers on both the right and the left, by religious feminists and Christian moralists--sheds new light on key issues: justice, personhood, the family, feminism, homosexuality, reproductive technology, and more. Farley is the author of Personal Commitments: Making, Keeping, Breaking. Vorwort This long-awaited book by one of American Christianity's foremost ethicists proposes a framework for sexual ethics whereby justice is the criterion for all loving, including love that is related to sexual activity and relationships. Zusammenfassung This long-awaited book by one of American Christianity's foremost ethicists proposes a framework for sexual ethics whereby justice is the criterion for all loving, including love that is related to sexual activity and relationships. It begins with historical and cross-cultural explorations, then addresses the large questions of embodiment, gender, and sexuality, and finally delineates the justice framework for sexual ethics.Though Just Love 's particular focus is Christian sexual ethics, Farley's framework is broad enough to have relevance for multiple traditions. Also covered are specific issues in sexual ethics, including same-sex relationships, marriage and family, divorce and second marriage, celibacy, and sex and its negativities. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1.Opening the Questions 2.The Questions and Their Past 3.Difficult Crossings: Diverse Traditions 4.Constructing and Ethic 5.Same-Sex Relationships 6.Marriage and Family 7.Celibacy 8.Sex and the Potential for Violence 9.Just Love: A Sexual Ethic Revisited...
