Law reform is a central goal of lesbian and gay campaigning groups.
In recent years, there have been attempts to secure equal ages of
consent for heterosexual and same-sex sexual acts, to create
anti-discrimination laws protecting lesbians and gays, to allow
lesbians and gays to serve in the military, and for same-sex
marriages. Reformers usually try to justify such measures by
invoking equality, respect for privacy, or related arguments.
Sexuality, Morals and Justice critically examines the
justifications for law reform which have been put forward to date.
The book suggests that they are not in fact as strong as
campaigners have assumed, and that a stronger case for legal
reforms can be made if the idea of empowerment is used. While
advancing a new and cogent argument for protecting lesbian and gay
rights through law, the book is skeptical about how far law is
useful in eradicating discriminatory social practices.
In a constitutional democracy, the moral legitimacy of laws and
law reform measures depends on the strength of the justifications
advanced for them. Sexuality, Morals and Justice sheds new light on
the lesbian and gay rights debate, raising important questions
about how we understand law, sexuality, justice and political
morality.
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