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This book defends the thesis that Kant s normative ethics and his practical ethics of sex and marriage can be valuable resources for people engaged in the contemporary debate over same-sex marriage. It does so by first developing a reading of Kant s normative ethics that explains the way in which Kant s notions of human moral imperfection unsocial sociability inform his ethical thinking. The book then offers a systematic treatment of Kant s views of sex and marriage, arguing that Kant s views are more defensible than some of his critics have made them out to be. Drawing on Kant s account of marriage and his conception of moral friendship, the book argues that Kant s ethics can be used to develop a defense of same-sex marriage.