ABSTRACT

In The Morality of Gay Rights, Ball presents a comprehensive exploration of the connection between gay rights and political philosophy. He discusses the writing of contemporary political and legal philosophers-including Rawls, Walzer, Nussbaum, Sandel, Rorty and Dworkin-to evaluate how their theoretical frameworks fit the specific gay rights controversies, such as same-sex marriage and parenting by lesbians and gay men, that are part of our nation's political and legal debates.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Why Morality?

chapter One|26 pages

Neutral Liberalism

chapter Two|34 pages

Pragmatic Liberalism

chapter Three|64 pages

Moral Liberalism

chapter Four|32 pages

Communitarianism

chapter Five|48 pages

Postmodernism