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Minimizing Marriage
'' Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law '' is a 2012 book by Elizabeth Brake in which the author provides an "in-depth examination of marriage, within the context of contemporary ethical and political theory." Reception The book was reviewed in ''Ethics'', ''Hypatia'', ''Humana Mente – International Journal of Philosophical Studies'', ''Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'', ''Philosophy in Review'', ''Reason'', ''Res Publica'', ''Social Theory and Practice'', ''Journal of Applied Philosophy'', ''The Philosophers' Magazine'', ''Journal of Homosexuality'', and ''APhEx Portale Italiano di Filosofia Analitica Giornale di Filosofia''. Cultural impact In the book, Brake coined the neologism term amatonormativity, defined as "the widespread assumption that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship." The concept has been particularly impactful for aromantic people, as Amatonormativi ...
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Elizabeth Brake
Elizabeth Brake is an American philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at Rice University. She is known for her works on ethics and political philosophy. Brake coined the term amatonormativity to describe the widespread belief that everyone is better off in an exclusive, romantic, long-term coupled relationship, and that everyone is seeking such a relationship. Her book '' Minimizing Marriage'' received Honorable Mention for the American Philosophical Association Book Prize in 2014. Brake is a former editor of the '' Journal of Applied Philosophy'' (2018-2023) and starting in January 2024, she will be an Associate Editor at ''Ethics Ethics is the philosophy, philosophical study of Morality, moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates Normativity, normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches inclu ...''. Books * '' Minimizing Marriage: Marriage, Morality, and the Law'', Oxford University Press, 201 ...
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Amatonormativity
Amatonormativity () is the set of societal assumptions that everyone prospers with an exclusive romantic relationship. Elizabeth Brake coined the neologism to capture societal assumptions about romance. Brake wanted to describe the pressure she received by many to prioritize marriage in her own life when she did not want to. Amatonormativity extends beyond social pressures for marriage to include general pressures involving romance. Etymology The word ''amatonormativity'' comes from ''amatus'', which is the Latin word for "loved", and ''normativity'', referring to societal norms. Related terms include '' allonormativity'', which means a worldview that assumes all people experience sexual and romantic attraction, and ''compulsory sexuality'', which means social norms and practices that marginalize non-sexuality. The term was modeled after the term heteronormativity, the belief that heterosexuality is the default for sexual orientation. Normative bias against ethical non-monoga ...
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Ethics is the philosophical study of moral phenomena. Also called moral philosophy, it investigates normative questions about what people ought to do or which behavior is morally right. Its main branches include normative ethics, applied ethics, and metaethics. Normative ethics aims to find general principles that govern how people should act. Applied ethics examines concrete ethical problems in real-life situations, such as abortion, treatment of animals, and business practices. Metaethics explores the underlying assumptions and concepts of ethics. It asks whether there are objective moral facts, how moral knowledge is possible, and how moral judgments motivate people. Influential normative theories are consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics. According to consequentialists, an act is right if it leads to the best consequences. Deontologists focus on acts themselves, saying that they must adhere to duties, like telling the truth and keeping promises. Virtue et ...
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Queerplatonic Relationship
Queerplatonic relationships (QPR), also known as queerplatonic partnerships (QPP), are committed intimate relationships between significant others whose relationship is not romantic in nature. A queerplatonic relationship differs from a close friendship by having the same explicit commitment, status, and structure as a formal romantic relationship, whilst it differs from a romantic relationship by not involving feelings of romantic love. The concept originates in aromantic and asexual spaces in the LGBT community. Like romantic relationships, queerplatonic relationships are sometimes said to involve a deeper and more profound emotional connection than typical friendship. While this relationship structure is not dependent on romantic or sexual attraction, queerplatonic partners may still engage in behaviors—such as physical and/or sexual intimacy—which would otherwise typically be reserved for romantic partners. Definition The Asexual Visibility and Education Network d ...
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Friendship
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Family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictability, structure, and safety as members mature and learn to participate in the community. Historically, most human societies use family as the primary purpose of Attachment theory, attachment, nurturance, and socialization. Anthropologists classify most family organizations as Matrifocal family, matrifocal (a mother and her children), patrifocal (a father and his children), wikt:conjugal, conjugal (a married couple with children, also called the nuclear family), avuncular (a man, his sister, and her children), or Extended family, extended (in addition to parents, spouse and children, may include Grandparent, grandparents, Aunt, aunts, Uncle, uncles, or Cousin, cousins). The field of genealogy aims to trace family lineages through history. Th ...
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Aromanticism
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