Beyond Immutability
Sexuality and Constitutive Choice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6403526 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Emily R Gill (0000-0003-0707-5550, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 76 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 93-117 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6705 • E-ISSN: 1748-6858 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0034670513000909 |
| OpenAlex | W2086338780 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 21 |
Advocates for the equality and dignity of LGBT persons often suggest that the immutability of sexual orientation is their strongest argument. I believe that it is a weak one. First, the individual freedom that liberalism accords to people, absent harm to others, as necessary for human flourishing applies to sexuality as well as to other areas of existence. Second, the distinction often made between status and conduct is a false one, and the argument from immutability effectively protects neither. Third, I examine the notion of constitutive choice, arguing that the line between immutability and choice is more complex than many realize. Finally, greater attention to the notion of constitutive choice may broaden liberalism's hospitality to conceptions of the good in ways that better respect human moral agency and autonomy
Agency (philosophy · Argument (complex analysis · Autonomy · Dignity · Epistemology · Harm · Human sexuality · Immutability · Liberalism · Political science · Sociology · Free Will and Agency · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |