caa a22 4500 467928444 CHVBK 20180406152936.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11158-006-9003-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11158-006-9003-x Bennett Christopher Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Arts Tower, Western Bank, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut Autonomy and Conjugal Love: A Reply to Golash [Elektronische Daten] [Christopher Bennett] ABSTRACT: In my response to Golash I distinguish between two steps in my original argument. The first relates to the special value of conjugal (two-person) love relationships. I defend this step against criticisms, arguing that the two-person relationship provides a form of recognition that is of special importance to us and cannot be found in other sorts of relationship. The two-person relationship is one that, at least as private individuals, we have special reason to pursue. The second step concerns the claim that the special value of such relationships tends to promote the autonomy of those who have them. It is this second step that is important for the argument that a liberal state - one, at any rate, that takes itself to be in the business of safeguarding the pre-conditions of autonomy - could have reason to favour marriage or some form of civic partnership over other forms of intimate adult tie. However, I admit that Golash puts forward plausible - if anecdotal - arguments against this second step. I therefore agree that I need to be more tentative about this step than I was in the original paper. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 autonomy nationallicence friendship nationallicence Hegel nationallicence marriage nationallicence recognition nationallicence Res Publica Springer Netherlands 12/2(2006-06-01), 191-201 1356-4765 12:2<191 2006 12 11158 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-006-9003-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11158-006-9003-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bennett Christopher Department of Philosophy, University of Sheffield, Arts Tower, Western Bank, S10 2TN, Sheffield, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Res Publica Springer Netherlands 12/2(2006-06-01), 191-201 1356-4765 12:2<191 2006 12 11158 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer