Is the Family Uniquely Valuable

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12902007
AutoresAnca Gheaus (0000-0002-5364-1026, Schlumberger (Ireland), autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas120-131
Data de publicação2012-05-29
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEthics and Social Welfare (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-6535 • E-ISSN: 1749-6543
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17496535.2012.682499
OpenAlexW2144836157
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas15

Family relationships are often believed to have a unique value; this is reflected both in the special expectations that family members have from each other and in the various ways in which states protect family relationships. Commitment appears to set apart family relationships from other close relationships; however, commitment is in fact present in other close relationships. I conclude that family relationships do not have any special value; love does. In the case of families with children, however, a high degree of commitment between adults may be useful or even necessary for advancing children's wellbeing. This could be a reason to give special protection to relationships between co-parents

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