The Philosophy of Right, Vol 5 - Rights in the Family (Paperback)

The author examines the nature and rights inherent in domestic society, which forms the second of the two great societies structured for the unification of the human race. He sees sexual union primarily as an act of the soul in which, through the bodies of husband and wife, mutual communication of life takes place. Parental society is a natural consequence of conjugal society. Antonio Rosmini treats in detail the various kinds of relationship which exists between father and mother, and between parents and children.