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1、ConjugalUnionWhatMarriageIsandWhyItMattersThisbookdefendstheconjugalviewofmarriage.PatrickLeeandRobertP.Georgearguethatmarriageisadistinctivetypeofcommunity:theunionofamanandawomanwhohavecommittedtosharingtheirlivesoneveryleveloftheirbeings(bodily,emotionally
2、,andspiritually)inthekindofunionthatwouldbefulfilledbyconceivingandrearingchildrentogether.Thecomprehensivenatureofthisunion,anditsintrinsicori-entationtoprocreationasitsnaturalfulfillment,distinguishesmarriagefromothertypesofcommunityandprovidesthebasisforthen
3、ormsofmaritalexclusivityandpermanence.LeeandGeorgedetailhowthebasicmoralnormsregardingsexualactsfollowfromtheethicalrequire-menttorespectthegoodofmarriageandexplainhowthelawshouldtreatmarriage,givenitsconjugalnature,examiningboththesame-sex-marriageissueandci
4、vildivorce.PatrickLeeistheJohnN.andJamieD.McAleerProfessorofBioethicsanddirectoroftheInstituteofBioethicsattheFranciscanUniversityofSteubenville.LeeistheauthorofAbortionandUnbornHumanLife(2010)andBody-SelfDualisminContemporaryEthicsandPolitics(withRobertP.Geo
5、rge;Cambridge,2007).Hehasservedontheexec-utiveboardsoftheAmericanCatholicPhilosophicalAssociationandtheFellowshipofCatholicScholars.HisarticlesandreviewessayshaveappearedintheAmericanJournalofJurisprudence,Bioethics,FaithandPhilosophy,TheMonist,Philosophy,Int
6、ernationalPhilosophicalQuar-terly,theLinacreQuarterly,theReviewofMetaphysics,andAmer-icanCatholicPhilosophicalQuarterlyaswellasinpopularjournalsandonlinemagazinessuchasPublicDiscourse,NewAtlantis,NationalReviewOnline,andFirstThings.RobertP.GeorgeisMcCormickPr
7、ofessorofJurisprudenceanddirectoroftheJamesMadisonPrograminAmericanIdealsandInstitutionsatPrincetonUniversity.HehasservedontheU.S.President’sCouncilonBioethicsandasapresidentialappointeetotheU.S.CommissiononCivilRights.HeiscurrentlychairmanoftheU.S.Commission
8、onInternationalReligiousFreedom.HeisaformerJudicialFellowoftheSupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates,wherehereceivedtheJusticeTomC.ClarkAward.HisauthoredpublicationsincludeMakingMenMoral:CivilLibe
